For example, I had an experience with McAfee, where software projects would build extremely slow, as the antivirus had to check each downloaded dependency and build file.

However, they can significantly slow you down in some cases (yes, even more than agile ceremonies). They are just additional pain in the ass, similar to agile ceremonies. In other words: it's all your fault.Īt the same time, I don't care that much about antiviruses per see. At this point, you could also write a script that dumps sensitive data of your company over some tunnel. Really, if you are getting a virus on macOS, that means that you had to disable the default protection and literally run it yourself. I find an antivirus on a developer's mac to be an exaggeration. Thus it's not a coincidence that there are somewhat exaggerated measures taken by the management here and there. And also, big companies have a larger amount of 'not that smart' employees. Big companies take more critical image losses.

Big companies are targeted more often by cyber attacks.

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