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See above.

Oh and post-AV anti-malware game: AV sucks and doesn't really do much to protect you against decent malware. Post-AV anti-malware systems do better.

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Another timeline: Reporter writes story, company sees story, takes it and uses it for marketing. This is a common occurrence across teh interwebz.

We could get into the nitty-gritty of what anti-virus is and isn't, but frankly I don't think we'll agree. Because what else is HN for other than to argue points ad infinitum until we all realize we've wasted a significant portion of our lives that should have been spent to more altruistic, worthwhile ends?

Sure. So it turns out Netflix is this really big company, and I met one of their security architects at Black Hat. I thought, hey, I wonder if they're up to anything interesting at Netflix. I'll give them a call.

A love letter? You send love letters like this to people? Are you like a post-modern Keats?

Here's a timeline: journalist speaks to Netflix, Netflix says it's ditching anti-virus, journalist gets further comment, reports. Don't be mad Jon. It'll all be OK.

Just wanted to chime in to clarify that I contacted Netflix directly without having ever spoken to SentinelOne. When I contacted SentinelOne after the interview they said they couldn't even go on the record about the Netflix contract. Much love, Sucker at Forbes.