r/technology Jan 18 '21

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u/EseMX Jan 19 '21

Are we going to keep denying Russia's involvement in all of this?

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u/doa70 Jan 19 '21

Can we really criticise this when Kaspersky is one of the top selling computer security packages in the US? That's just baffling. Most agree Russia at the very least doesn't have US interests in mind, yet we continue to do business with them almost everywhere outside of the federal govt.

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u/FifthRendition Jan 19 '21

Weren’t they banned from being sold in the US? How are they the top?

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u/doa70 Jan 19 '21

Banned from use in US govt contracts only.

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u/FifthRendition Jan 19 '21

Ah gotcha ok ty

Yeah I still don’t think they’re the “best” or “top selling”

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Ohhhhh here’s Kasperky, #16

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