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Google removes Kaspersky's antivirus software from Play Store (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Over the weekend, Google removed Kaspersky's Android security apps from the Google Play store and disabled the Russian company's developer accounts.

Users have been reporting over the last week that Kaspersky's products (including Kaspersky Endpoint Security and VPN & Antivirus by Kaspersky) are no longer available on Google Play in the United States and other world regions.

Kaspersky confirmed the issue on the company's official forums on Sunday and said that it's currently investigating why its software is no longer available on Google's app store.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-removes-kasperskys-antivirus-software-from-play-store-disables-developer-accounts/

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s really interesting. I wonder if it’s due to Google being a US company?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but that doesn't mean they need to enforce US laws in other jurisdictions where it means fuck all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Actually, it may. The US has some odd laws where US companies have to enforce US restrictions globally. However, it wasn’t my understanding that Kaspersky was on any of the lists that would have resulted in this. Possibly it boils down to a Google ToS violation?

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more details this week.