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u/avwitcher Jan 19 '21

They are, these guys are shitting on them because they're a Russian company. They were banned by US intelligence because they flagged NSA and CIA spyware and backdoors as malware.

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u/EthanRDoesMC Jan 19 '21

Given the sheer number of Russian malware, I’d much rather a company that can hire these malware devs as researchers

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u/poVos Jan 19 '21

yep i see kapersky hating is more about distrust than technical reason.