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Biden to ban US sales of Kaspersky software over ties to Russia, source says (www.reuters.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Renn@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

That looks about right, thanks for showing me that.