Renn to CybersecurityEnglish · 5 months agoBiden to ban US sales of Kaspersky software over ties to Russia, source sayswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkBiden to ban US sales of Kaspersky software over ties to Russia, source sayswww.reuters.comRenn to CybersecurityEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down20·5 months agoDidn’t they do this in like 2014… More softball politics as usual…
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-25 months agoIn 2017, the US government banned Kaspersky on government systems, if that’s what you’re thinking of. This new ban sounds to me like the recent TikTok ban, where it would affect the US population at-large and not just government systems.
minus-squareblindbunny@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoThat looks about right, thanks for showing me that.
Didn’t they do this in like 2014… More softball politics as usual…
In 2017, the US government banned Kaspersky on government systems, if that’s what you’re thinking of. This new ban sounds to me like the recent TikTok ban, where it would affect the US population at-large and not just government systems.
That looks about right, thanks for showing me that.