It's not publicly known, but antivirus companies co-operate all the time. On the surface, antivirus vendors are direct competitors. And in fact, the competition is fierce on the sales and marketing side. But on the technical side, we're actually very… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
You will not even have enough time to go online and download all the patches to your computer before it is infected. — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Online crime is practically always international, because they almost always cross traditional national borders. — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Foreigners like me have no privacy rights whatsoever. Yet we keep using U.S.-based services all the time, making us a legal target for gathering… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the online crime cases, we don't even know which continent the attacks are coming from. And even if we are… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon. — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
I see beauty in the future of the Internet, but I'm worried that we might not see that. I'm worried that we are running… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
It's high time for a fresh European alternative to enter the market, taking the existing Internet behemoths head on. What the world needs now… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
U.S. intelligence has the legal right to monitor foreign communications as they go through to U.S. service providers. However, even though something is legal… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
There is a difference between the stuff that people put online themselves, like pictures and their trips and flights and meals they've eaten, than… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
I believe in the freedom of the net, but I don't believe in the freedom of the net at the cost of having these… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
Governmental surveillance is not about the government collecting the information you're sharing publicly and willingly; it's about collecting the information you don't think you're… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
We want to detect malware, regardless of its source or purpose. Politics don't even enter the discussion, nor should they. Any malware, even targeted,… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
