• katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    the consequences of xenophobia. i worked for kaspersky usa from 2011 to 2014 and they were great. it shows how much conspiracy theories take root when people believe eugene has ties with the russian government based on his mandatory service back when it was still the ussr.

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      4 months ago

      People believe that based on it being legally impossible for such companies to exist in Russia without working with FSB, it’s not a secret.

      EDIT: Not even talking about the educational institution he graduated from, which was called high school of KGB when he did that.

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      4 months ago

      Xenophobia is bad when the fear is unfounded

      The fear isn’t unfounded with a known hostile country like Russia, it’s not like after the Cold war they went “ah well now we’re besties”

      Maybe they weren’t having Kas do anything, or maybe they were.

      This is the same country known for jailing peoples families when they don’t cooperate, this is the same country that launched an unprovoked war, this is the same country that has been trying to actively take down the US via political games etc (I could go on forever)

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      4 months ago

      The conspiracy theory that Russia is the belligerent in a war against Europe and is actively engaged in cyber espionage?