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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Why the fuck anyone can install any third party software on a government device in any country is beyond me

[–] Rally 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I thought Kaspersky was one of the good guys?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I haven't trusted Kaspersky for a long time, ever since I read this interview.

If you had the power to change up to three things in the world today that are related to IT security, what would they be?

Internet design--that's enough.

That's it? What's wrong with the design of the Internet?

There's anonymity. Everyone should and must have an identification, or Internet passport. The Internet was designed not for public use, but for American scientists and the U.S. military. That was just a limited group of people--hundreds, or maybe thousands. Then it was introduced to the public and it was wrong…to introduce it in the same way.

I'd like to change the design of the Internet by introducing regulation--Internet passports, Internet police and international agreement--about following Internet standards. And if some countries don't agree with or don't pay attention to the agreement, just cut them off.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, fuck whoever said that. Fuck them with a wiffle ball bat.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was literally Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't he used to be one of the good guys? I remember his antivirus software being very popular among the torrenting community in the early aughts.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure. He’s a KGB-educated Russian billionaire oligarch so take from that what you will.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Almost sounds like the people saying how good his software was worked for him.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"There's no evidence that they have any back-doors in their software or any ties to the Russian mafia or state... but there is still a concern that you can't operate in Russia without being controlled by the ruling party"source the CEO was also in the military and was a KGB member, i can see why the concerns

[–] CyberDine 0 points 1 year ago

No unclassified evidence you mean.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Not in many years.