Not even banning to private citizens

THEY'RE JUST BANNING FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

well, it's a very complicated case, so it's right of them to sue for it at least

tbh I've never heard of Kaspersky

but my immediate reaction is that the administration is obviously allowed to do this

The government can say "No Coca-Cola allowed in government agencies"

yes but the problem is that someone, somewhere, has accused Kaspersky of essentially being a front for Putin

so some people in the government has picked up on this

“The case against Kaspersky is well-documented and deeply concerning. This law is long overdue,” said Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

they should of said, "Kaspersky is worse than that cancer McAfee"

and she is mistaken, it's not well-documented at all

I agree

and I agree that they should be able to just say "we'd rather use american products", or "go fuck yourself"

I'd make the arguement that most anti-virus products are crap

you'd be correct

Would this scenario even happen in norway?

well, we're in a weird situation, because we have a decent IT security team at the national level, and decent governing regulations for what companies are allowed to do etc (though obviously not perfect)

but all our governments day to day software and hardware security is absolutely atrocious

you can walk into practically any office and take over their network within seconds

wait what!?

well, they have exposed wifi networks, all computers are accessible over the counters with exposed USB ports

all employees use their own phones on internal networks

wow

how do you know all of this?

watching news?

people tell you stories?

no, I haven't had a plugged in TV for 20 years, I never watch local news

I'm not sure what to say except I've done it, both legally and illegally

lol

the illegal way was me and a friend distributed fake USB drives at a local political conference

with custom stickers on them

**NORWEGIAN HACKERS**

the legal way was penetration testing hiring

as for the wifi and exposed USB ports, anyone can see that if you just walk into an office

are people aware about how crap it is or?

well, certainly IT people are aware

it has gotten better the past 10 years or so

and again, at a national defense level, it's much better, and there are competent people operating the backbone routers and such

how is it compared to sweden and danemark?

I'd imagine it's pretty much the same in the whole world except the US

and possibly israel