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According to the BBC, “Germany’s cyber-security authority has warned against using anti-virus software from Russian headquartered company Kaspersky.”
Follow the link https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60738208
In recognition of current global events, should we stop using, boycott, and/or stop supporting Kaspersky software?
Yes.
Windows 11 Pro version 22H2 build 22621.1483 + Microsoft 365 + Edge
How does one thing make the other irrelevant?
Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).
MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV
At the core of this thread are three issues:
Despite the good ratings it gets I have made it a policy to avoid ru anything for years. including yandex.ru
However each to their own..
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Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.According to BLEEPINGCOMPUTER, HackerOne has kicked Kaspersky’s bug bounty program off its platform.
The action follows the German Federal Office for Information Security’s (BSI) warning against using Kaspersky anti-malware products due to Russian threats against the EU, NATO, and Germany earlier this month.
In addition, since September 2019, all US government agencies and their contractors have been prohibited from using cybersecurity products provided by or using software made by Kaspersky.
The US ban on agencies and their vendors/contractors is comprehensive and covers the, “contracting for hardware, software and services developed or provided by Kaspersky Lab or its related entities, or using any such hardware, software or services in the development of data or deliverables first produced in the performance of the contract”.
In short, if you do work for the US federal government you are restricted from using Kaspersky products on any IT system that directly or indirectly touches government work. So, the way we see it, if one of your employees uses a Kaspersky product on their personal computer and uses the computer to check their office email you are in violation of the federal ban.
Or if you maintain computers for a firm that does work for the federal government you are also prohibited from using Kaspersky products on any device that may interface with your client’s hardware or software.
It is the threat of wrong doing during a period of a major military conflict along with the displacement of millions of people that justifies not doing business with or trusting a Russian owned and based software company.
A good article about Yandex on Wired (paywalled 😑 )
Yandex
Is Russia’s Largest Tech Company Too Big to Fail?
Also one on Putin on NYT (paywalled 😐 )
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russia.html
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Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.ZDNet’s February 25, 2002 article How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens the IT industry by Jason Perlow is an interesting summary of the interrelationship between a number of software companies and Russia.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-a-digital-war-with-russia-threatens-it-industry/
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