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    1. Martijn Grooten‏ @martijn_grooten 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @stacksmasher and

      I said almost all users. We need tell high value targets (journalists, activists etc.) to lock down their devices to the point that AV doesn't provide any benefits (and should be removed). I've been saying that for years.

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    2. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @martijn_grooten @stacksmasher and

      In exchange for a trivially bypassable blacklist, it introduces serious vulnerabilities that the industry refuses to take responsibility for. "Well nobody's perfect!", "Those problems are out of our threat model!", I've heard it before and explained why that doesn't cut it.

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    3. Martijn Grooten‏ @martijn_grooten 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @stacksmasher and

      OK, I just told my parents to remove AV from their PC, because of all the reasons you cited (which, again, are very valid concerns that we're not taking seriously enough). What should they do instead?

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    4. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @martijn_grooten @stacksmasher and

      How about your buy your parents a Chromebook Martjin, or Windows 10 S? That's an easy solution, probably cheaper than your Kaspersky subscription and actually good security.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. Martijn Grooten‏ @martijn_grooten 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @stacksmasher and

      They're teachers. They sometimes need to download software for school projects that doesn't work on every OS. Also, let's assume they a) use free AV and b) can't afford a new computer.

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    6. Thomas Berger‏ @TW_Berger 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @martijn_grooten @taviso and

      Create a backup/reset medium for them. No interaction. Hard code a script that dumps the 2018-02-20 drive image onto the laptop's HDD/SSD. (dd(1), xz(1), secureboot, etc.)

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    7. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @TW_Berger @martijn_grooten and

      A Chromebook would be fine, it's <$200 and actually secure, and is perfect for most users. Martjin is being difficult, it's the standard AV industry schtick of "Any replacement has to be perfect, but we don't have to be".

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    8. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @TW_Berger and

      Yes, the whitelisting market is immature and currently enterprise focussed, but he is actually in a position to fix that. Imagine how slick and easy it would be if all the people employed to populate blacklists were populating whitelists? Most people would never notice it.

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    9. Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @TW_Berger and

      Seamless hourly updates of new safe software, enterprise social whitelisting like AppNot, Martjin's favorite "most users" would never notice. If you forgot to pay your subscription, you would actually remain secure. 🤯

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    10. Martijn Grooten‏ @martijn_grooten 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @taviso @TW_Berger and

      Awesome. I'm in favour of that. But I worry you overestimate my importance/influence when you say I'm "in a position to fix that". If only...

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      Tavis Ormandy‏Verified account @taviso 20 Feb 2018
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      Replying to @martijn_grooten @TW_Berger and

      Well, you're an industry commentator, your industry listens to what you have to say, no? 😛

      9:18 AM - 20 Feb 2018
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        2. Martin Sundhaug‏ @sundhaug92 20 Feb 2018
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          Replying to @taviso @martijn_grooten and

          Remember Tavis, not everyone is as famous as you ;)

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        3. Martijn Grooten‏ @martijn_grooten 20 Feb 2018
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          Replying to @sundhaug92 @taviso and

          The AV industry hasn't listened to me saying they should listen to Tavis, so I guess people don't listen to either of us. :-)

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