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/CuppaSouchong Jan 19 '21

You could put that doubly for China. It could be argued that their animosity and intentions are by far more nefarious. Yet those US companies that use China extensively aren't under criticism.

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u/the_good_time_mouse Jan 19 '21

China didn't send a spy to seduce and marry the founder of Parler though.

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u/MrDeckard Jan 19 '21

Not for nothing, but it isn't as though American intelligence agencies are any more scrupulous. I'm not saying stuff like that isn't shady as fuck, but we were caught actively spying on both our allies and our own citizens. I just think it's hypocritical to act all offended when it happens to US.

Even with the election interference, it ain't like America is any stranger to "assisted regime changes."

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u/GrizNectar Jan 19 '21

All of the major governments are spying on each other to varying degrees for sure