[ericfrederich]

This came up in congress a couple weeks ago didn't it? I think Rubio had mentioned Kapersky it knowing that it was a public hearing... some speculated that this was perhaps because he was privy to some classified things he couldn't say publicly but wanted to get the word out that they can't be trusted.

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There's always been a strong narrative, but for a government to call out another commercial entity and or government for spying is a dangerous game and only played when it's a big enough issue. It's all politics, they're spying, we're spying, it's when that crosses the line and we need to slap hands that matters. Further the public disclosure of facts to support are risky in that they can give away, tools, capabilities, or accesses that may be unknown to the foreign actors.

For it to hit the news and the government to ban it, took many years of balancing and finally something internal broke the camels back so to speak. I'm not sure if this was it, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably not an isolated case.