Comment on Kaspersky's iShutdown Tool Detects Pegasus Spyware and Other Mawlare on iOS Devices
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Simply because kaspersky is based in Russia, you should not use kaspersky. I’d be shocked if the FSB hasn’t forced them to build in backdoors at this point.
McDropout@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just because something is based in Russia, means that nobody should use it?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The government under which a corporate entity operates has direct and meaningful impact on a lot of things about said company. For instance: US companies are subject to ITAR regulations, and there are MASSIVE penalties for breaching those laws. Russia is a totalitarian surveillance state, so I wouldn’t trust any security software from a Russian company. Much the same way that I wouldn’t trust any logic design or 3D modeling software coming out of a major Chinese company, because the CCP has a long and storied history of stealing and reverse engineering shit that they’re not legally allowed to.
stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Out of curiosity what do you think of Nginx, which used to have its main offices in Russia (that also got raided by Russian police) or Arch Linux, where one of the main packagers (up to 30% of official packages) is managed by Felix Yan (which I believe is a Chinese citizen)? Where is the line drawn? Is it only for profit companies, security software, or something specific?
BassTurd@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Both examples you listed are open source, so anyone can review their code. No government can dictate what gets published to the code, and if they can, it will be noticed and get forked.
Supervivens@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Arch Linux is open source which makes a huge difference. Idk about nginx tho
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Correct.
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eskimofry@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just because it exists doesn’t mean you should use it? You sound like a horny hamster.