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Securstar pimping for Privacy.lie Non scrivetemi 08-23-2006
Posted by Non scrivetemi on August 23, 2006, 12:27 pm
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Put on your condoms and see....

http://www.securstar.com/products_ssurf.php

Securstar, distributor of closed source encryption software employing
fabled "1334 bit encryption", has now climbed fully into bed with long
time scam bank promoters and privacy scene confidence men Privacy.lie.

The last shreds of Securstar's credibility have taken their final spin
around the bowl and disappeared from view. At one time it was possible
to justify considering products like Drivecrypt because of its roots,
even in spite of it's closed source nature and specious claims.

No longer. I'm sending a symbolic CD burned with a copy of the software
I once paid for and a letter explaining why I'll not soil my hardware
with their dross ever again. It's Truecrypt or PGPDisk from now on. No
exceptions. No spamming scammers welcome here.


Posted by traveler 66 on August 23, 2006, 1:24 pm
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:27:30 +0200 (CEST), Non scrivetemi wrote:

> Put on your condoms and see....
>
> http://www.securstar.com/products_ssurf.php
>
> Securstar, distributor of closed source encryption software employing
> fabled "1334 bit encryption", has now climbed fully into bed with long
> time scam bank promoters and privacy scene confidence men Privacy.lie.

I don't use privacy.li for surfing, but my experience with them for usenet
and anonymity services has been very positive. They provide excellent
honest service and always come through despite the trolls that try to put
them down or take what they say completely out of context. Get over it.

>
> The last shreds of Securstar's credibility have taken their final spin
> around the bowl and disappeared from view. At one time it was possible
> to justify considering products like Drivecrypt because of its roots,
> even in spite of it's closed source nature and specious claims.

I'll bet securestar has had excellent feedback from the people that have
bought through them regarding any privacy.li products and services, that's
why they have sold them for so long. These guy's are in the privacy
business and go to whom they find provides an excellent product, they don't
listen to anono trolls only their customers no doubt.

>
> No longer. I'm sending a symbolic CD burned with a copy of the software
> I once paid for and a letter explaining why I'll not soil my hardware
> with their dross ever again. It's Truecrypt or PGPDisk from now on. No
> exceptions. No spamming scammers welcome here.

Flush

Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on August 23, 2006, 1:54 pm
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traveler 66 wrote:

> I don't use privacy.li for surfing, but my experience with them for usenet
> and anonymity services has been very positive. They provide excellent
> honest service and always come through despite the trolls that try to put
> them down or take what they say completely out of context. Get over it.

Just to rephrase it: You think that a service that directs your traffic
over servers chosen by the vendor himself has any relation to anonymity?
I'd call it a centralized wiretapping solution.

> I'll bet securestar has had excellent feedback from the people that have
> bought through them regarding any privacy.li products and services, that's
> why they have sold them for so long. These guy's are in the privacy
> business and go to whom they find provides an excellent product, they don't
> listen to anono trolls only their customers no doubt.

Securestar's "1344 Bit military strength encryption" has been namend on
the snake-oil FAQ for good reason.

>> No longer. I'm sending a symbolic CD burned with a copy of the software
>> I once paid for and a letter explaining why I'll not soil my hardware
>> with their dross ever again. It's Truecrypt or PGPDisk from now on. No
>> exceptions. No spamming scammers welcome here.
>
> Flush

Try the 'sync' command! :-)

Indeed, he has a clear and justified point, but he's been spamming in
first place.

Posted by TwistyCreek on August 23, 2006, 1:55 pm
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Non scrivetemi wrote:

> Put on your condoms and see....
>
> http://www.securstar.com/products_ssurf.php

WTF is up with host.securstar.com sending you FIN/ACK packets every
couple of seconds while you're visiting their site?

Some sort of port scan?

/me clears my cache and resolves never to visit that site again.


Posted by TwistyCreek on August 23, 2006, 2:44 pm
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TwistyCreek wrote:

> Non scrivetemi wrote:
>
> > Put on your condoms and see....
> >
> > http://www.securstar.com/products_ssurf.php
>
> WTF is up with host.securstar.com sending you FIN/ACK packets every
> couple of seconds while you're visiting their site?
>
> Some sort of port scan?
>
> /me clears my cache and resolves never to visit that site again.

Probably their idea of a keepalive. My browser shows the activity as a
sorta instant refresh about every 5 seconds.

And yeah, it's bizarre, but we've known for a long time now that
Securstar and Privacy.LIE are in the data mining business together so
it shouldn't be any surprise.




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