Reply to post: Re: Sigh... it's geographical as well a geopolitical, innit.

Kaspersky dragged into US govt's trashcan as weaponized blockchain agile devops mulled

bombastic bob Silver badge
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Re: Sigh... it's geographical as well a geopolitical, innit.

"Why single out Kaspersky?"

it's mostly an 'N.I.H.' thing, related to national security. If _ANY_ national security stuff relies on "outsourced" tech, it's a potential problem. I think Trump just wants to promote U.S. business while simultaneously NOT relying on Russia-tech.

I also point out if they switch to Linux or BSD or some other open source OS for gummint desktop computers, they won't even NEED something like Kaspersky's products...

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