EUGENE Kaspersky, the CEO of the Russian software security company named after him, has warned of the dangers of the 5G technology and said more personal data will be collected from the enabled devices that people use everyday.
Kasperski said 5G, or the fifth generation of wireless technology, will push people towards the use of the artificial intelligence (AI) to make their lives easier.
“Artificial intelligence is a marketing bulls–t,” the Russian billionaire said. He said, for instance, people have relied so much on online maps when driving, when previously these were not being used and maps were just in the heads of the people themselves.
Kaspersky said AI has relied more on cloud computing and much less on people like software engineers to do the task.
“If we don’t take care of our immunity, one day it [AI] will kill us,” he said.
5G offers faster delivery of information allowing autonomous cars and smart communities, and several devices called IOT (Internet of things), which work on many everyday appliances, such as refrigerators and air-condition units, and even vacuum cleaners.
Kaspersky, however, said the company has not yet developed security products for the IOT.
Kaspersky’s security products, however, were banned by the US government in 2017.
Officials said the company has to do something to bring back the trust in its products. It then decided to move out its customer data storage and infrastructure for its European customers from Russia to Zurich, Switzerland. It called the facility Transparency Center.
In June, it opened another center in Madrid, Spain, to also serve as its briefing center for key company stakeholders.
The billionaire was in Cyberjaya in Malaysia late last week for the opening of Kasperky’s third Transparency Center, which will review its source code that it sells to its customers in Asia Pacific, including the Philippines.
Stakeholders can review all versions of Kaspersky’s builds and database updates, as well as information on the company’s processes such as how it collects data and dumps these in its cloud-based network, the company said.
The latest facility will be operated in partnership with CyberSecurity Malaysia, a government agency that focuses on national security.
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