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Kaspersky: Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] mansfield@lemmy.world 65 points 7 months ago (47 children)

Kaspersky is just one piece of software to avoid. Others include:

  • Telegram
  • Avast AV
  • Anything from 360 Safe / Qihoo 360
  • Opera browser ... now owned by above
  • Zoom
  • FileZilla / UTorrent / other PUA that bundles adware and acts essentially as a trojan
[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Telegram is better than WhatsApp. At least it has a decent Linux client, and all clients are open source. WhatsApp has neither.

[–] SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Unless you're constantly using secret chats all your data is stored in plain text... This is actually worse than WhatsApp

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago

You got an answer why it's not.

[–] Suffocate9920@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe better client and more features. But Russians have full access to servers and messages. They could read whatever they want. It's a fact that proved during war that Russia started in Ukraine.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago

This is nonsense. The Founders of Telegram are exiles from Russia.

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