| reply to ZL_Corey
Re: Privacy in the new ZoneAlarm 5.5 I have been a paid Zonealarm Pro user in the past,but use Sygate now, and have been watching this discussion and several others and have made a personal decision to never use ZA again, even if they resolve the current issues. Reasons?
Zonealarm has really shown it's true colors in the last few years.
Instability, and bloat are some of the reasons I uninstalled ZAPro,and the product seems to get bigger and more bloated with every new version (all I ever needed was a Firewall, not a popup blocker etc.).
But the reason I will never use it again is the response (or lack thereof) concerning past and current issues. Vague references to lawyers and legalities are just ways of saying to me that you are hiding something.
A security product should make every effort to protect it's credibility, and ZA has failed miserably (in my opinion).
Once my trust has been lost, it is very difficult to ever regain it, this may not mean much to a corporation like Zonealarm, but there are a lot of "little people" just like me who feel the same way and we are the ones that Paid to use your Product.
I really don't think ZA will make any significant changes until they have noticed a severe decline in their profit margin so I'm voting with my wallet. Profit and ethics don't seem to play well together nowadays.
When I consider all the people I have referred to ZA in the past, it makes me ill, seems I have a lot of apologies to make now.
Adios ZA, and if in the future I find Sygate doing something like this, I'll dump them too. |
