In which @matalaz, @spgedwards and yours truly all say you¹ should use anti-virus.
¹ yes, there probably are exceptions. But if you have to ask, you're not an exception.https://twitter.com/lorenzofb/status/1062749594738679809 …
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BREAKING: Editor of antivirus industry trade publication recommends antivirus in shocking tell-all interview.
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Heh. FWIW, pointing out a potential interest was about the first thing I did when I spoke to
@lorenzofb.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @martijn_grooten @matalaz and
Honestly, obviously an antivirus industry advocate thinks people should give more money to the antivirus industry. A better story would be hearing you rationalize that, and hear why giving money makes antivirus better.
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I did not mention money anywhere.
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Replying to @martijn_grooten @matalaz and
The article should be corrected then, it says "Grooten and Simon [...] still [recommend] getting a third-party one". If that doesn't mean "pay money, or get your newtab page hijacked", then what does it mean?
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There's free AV (actually, there's a lot of them, including some of the bigger names), but I don't think I discussed with
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Replying to @martijn_grooten @taviso and
That was my position. In
@selabsuk tests the top-ranking products are never (or very rarely) free.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Same with my homeopathy tests, the most powerful sugar pills are also the ones that cost the most money. I call it placebonomics.
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