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I wrap my tinfoil hat with a layer of tinfoil.
I wrap my tinfoil hat with a layer of tinfoil.
Amanda Crawford is the Director of the Texas Department of Information Services. She makes all the ban decisions for the state of Texas. Attached are official infos about her.Well damn, I will eat my words. Honestly, I can't believe it. I have seen some things that really make me scratch my head living in TX but, Texas actually did something against Russia and China? Well I be darn.
That is part of the problem. Kaspersky is aggressive and eager to report US, UK, Israeli, French and other intelligence or military software. They report on it all the time. But when it comes to Russian spyware it is virtually silent.Who knows if it's true or not. Personally, if I want to find any spyware on my system that has been planted by the US intel agency then I will use Kaspersky
I think it's the mere fact that Kaspersky shares what files are on the PC with the KSN, that got it Das Boot. Of course many other vendors have similar tech but then again those vendors are not in a spy vs spy game with the USA. Same reason why US is banning the Chinese disease known as Tick Tock.Awe man just posted this in the security news section. Its actually very interesting of a conversation. Kaspersky even moved to Switzerland a few years back and let's many govt's audit their code. Let's see what transpires from this shock wave.
I got to agree with you, unfortunatelyThe US and European governments have intelligence regarding Kaspersky that they are not sharing openly. Nations that enact such restrictions do not do it lightly. It's not just about politics. When import or product bans are made, there are rather large economic consequences which translates into a lot of their own citizens\people losing their jobs. A ban of Kaspersky in the US will result in thousands losing their jobs and that has a negative economic impact that ripples throughout an industry. The US and other governments are not taking actions against Russian, Chinese, and other companies based in different countries on a whim.
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And Kaspersky doesn't even called it war or make it a statement against Ukraine war like any other vendor as ESET or Bitdefender did.It is supposed to be a complete ban of not just sales but also usage.
How it will be implemented and tracked is not yet determined. More importantly, how the US government will police it and punish those that violate the federal rule(s) also remains to be seen. The US agency that is designated oversight for the rule(s) will largely determine how things shall be done. For example the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce all do things differently.
Should the ban designate certain actions - such as ignoring or circumventing the ban - as criminal actions then users and companies will get visits from law enforcement. Theoretically, the revealing of secrets because you are running banned Kaspersky that grabbed files from your system - you could be charged under National Security laws. Then nobody can help you.
What I am guessing is that the US and other nations will use their ability to lock, seize, block or otherwise impede banking\payment platforms\money flows for Kaspersky until it voluntarily just stops selling or making Kaspersky products available in the US or elsewhere.
The US and European governments have intelligence regarding Kaspersky that they are not sharing openly. Nations that enact such restrictions do not do it lightly. It's not just about politics. When import or product bans are made, there are rather large economic consequences which translates into a lot of their own citizens\people losing their jobs. A ban of Kaspersky in the US will result in thousands losing their jobs and that has a negative economic impact that ripples throughout an industry. The US and other governments are not taking actions against Russian, Chinese, and other companies based in different countries on a whim.
Eugene should just completely relocate his business. I think he tried but the Russian government required him to keep a presence within its borders. Even if he relocated HQ and all major operation centers to the US, I think there would still be unresolved security concerns. For one, most of this is not about the software products themselves. It is about all the people that work within the Kaspersky empire.
A lot of Eugene's leaders and most capable personnel are all ex-KGB, FSB or other intelligence and counterintelligence agencies. So it has been argued that it does not matter where he relocates the company, which is of course, accurate. Relocation alone will not prevent the things that are a security vulnerability.
This is all publicly discussed many times in a bunch of different places.
WPS OFFICE?? What did I miss?Covered Applications and Prohibited Technologies | Texas Department of Information Resources
Overview On December 7, 2022, Governor Greg Abbott required all state agencies to ban the video sharing application TikTok and other prohibited technologies from all state-owned devices and networks over the Chinese Communist Party’s ability to use the application for surveilling Texans...dir.texas.gov
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Hell yeah! That restores a bit of faith in people.Amanda Crawford is the Director of the Texas Department of Information Services. She makes all the ban decisions for the state of Texas. Attached are official infos about her.
Is she Democrat, Republican, ANTIFA, Anarchist, MAGA, Boogaloo, socialist, capitalist, communist, xenophobe, radical activist, gimme my transition hormones or else ... or just a professional trying to do what is in the best interests of the citizens of Texas?
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KingSoft has been accused of filtering user documents and censoring them at the behest of the CCP.WPS OFFICE?? What did I miss?
The issue is that everybody is connected nowadays via the internet. So it is possible that reconnaissance can happen on anyone's system that has Kaspersky product on it and from there infos is gathered that leads to attacks on other systems with sensitive or valuable data.I don't disagree with Biden. But, I also feel like most Americans don't use it either.
Yeah true but every anti-virus does malware sample submission. It's the main reason I try to avoid them by using a Mac.The issue is that everybody is connected nowadays via the internet. So it is possible that reconnaissance can happen on anyone's system that has Kaspersky product on it and from there infos is gathered that leads to attacks on other systems with sensitive or valuable data.
This whole hubub about Kaspersky began when KIS uploaded US government software and other files from a nobody subcontractor. Kaspersky products upload files and data from systems, which it has admitted many times. Anyone with half a walnut for a brain understands that since that it is the case it poses a security risk. The only way to mitigate the risks is to avoid Kaspersky software.
Not all antivirus upload files.Yeah true but every anti-virus does malware sample submission. It's the main reason I try to avoid them by using a Mac.