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Re:“AV is my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure ... by tcoppi on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:40AM (#13080051)
Most software you use doesn't inject shoddy, high-risk code into nearly every running process on your system and the kernel, though.
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Re:“AV is my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure ... by smcl on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:47AM (#13080134)
... and on top of it, most software doesn't claim to make things safer while demonstrably making them worse
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Re:“AV is my single biggest impediment to shipping a secure ... by Bartweiss on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:07PM (#13081045)
Yes, this. Most software is crappy, and much if it is insecure, but most of it adds value somewhere.

If my music player compromises my computer, at least it plays music the rest of the time. If my antivirus compromises my computer... well, adding security was its only job. I'm happy to criticize shoddy code when it causes the product to fail at its sole purpose.

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