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McAfee will no longer permit govt source code reviews

By Dustin Volz and Joel Schectman

Oct 27 2017 6:48AM

Closing opportunity to find flaws.

McAfee will no longer permit govt source code reviews

US-based cyber security firm McAfee said it will no longer permit foreign governments to scrutinise the source code of its products, halting a practice some security experts have warned could be leveraged by nation-states to carry out cyber attacks. McAfee is among several Western technology ...

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