"B00ze"  wrote in message news:or9jso$qae$1@dont-email.me...
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>On 2017-10-05 21:14, Buffalo  wrote:
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>>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hacke
rs-exploited-antivirus-software-to-steal-us-cyber-capabilities/2017/10/05/a01bf
546-a9fc-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.d57947157833
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>> True or false?
>> Should we still use it?
>> Buffalo
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>TechDirt has a much bteer article on the subject:
>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171005/17294138356/hackers-grab-more-nsa-e
xploits-possibly-with-assistance-russian-antivirus-developer.shtml
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>Basically, and I looked at the license to make sure since I use Kaspersky, 
>if you enable KSN (Kaspersky Security Network) then you allow the A/V to 
>upload any file it wants to the Kaspersky Cloud and it will not tell you it 
>is doing it. That does not mean the NSA contractor's PC uploaded an 
>interesting file to the Kaspersky Cloud, nor does it mean that Kaspersky 
>then alerted the Russian authorities telling them "This guy has NSA tools 
>on his PC." But it *is* true that the A/V can upload anything it thinks is 
>relevant if it finds an infection on your PC. I personally do not enable 
>the KSN (you should see the list of things it is allowed to upload, it's 
>scary.) FYI Avast also has a "Cloud" and it probably does the same thing 
>Kaspersky does...
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>Best Regards,
>
Very interesting and informative replies.
Thanks everyone.
-- 
Buffalo 

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