Oh, I'd forgotten about that. It's even worse than the other two examples. They definitely seem interested in profits over providing a quality service and experience, to the detriment of their users.
Just because they may not have legal right to it as a trademark doesn't mean that a) the trademark office won't issue it anyway and b) they can't sue. They can very easily sue and try to drive Let's Encrypt out of business. From the looks of it they filed one of their three trademark attempts on October 2015:
"As explained in this advisory today, users who install Comodo Internet Security may not realize that their Chrome installation is replaced with Comodo's own browser, Chromodo.
That little bit of crapware isn't secure at all: it's set as the default browser, and "all shortcuts are replaced with Chromodo links and all settings, cookies, etc are imported from Chrome. They also hijack DNS settings, among other shady practices," Google's Tavis Ormandy notes.
Chromodo is promoted as a "private browser" on Comodo's website, but it's not only not private, it's not remotely safe to use, because it also disables Chrome's same-origin policy.
The same-origin policy enforces a rule that one script can only access data in another script if they're both from the same site. Without it, users are exposed to malicious sites sniffing private data.
Google went public with the feature bug because Comodo was unresponsive, we're told."
The one where Comodo's security kit installed an unprotected VNC server on host PCs:
"When installing Comodo Anti-Virus, Comodo Firewall, or Comodo Internet Security on a Windows PC, you'll get a program called GeekBuddy, which Comodo staff can use to carry out remote technical support on people's PCs (in exchange for money).
GeekBuddy allows this by installing a VNC server that has admin-level privileges, is enabled by default, and is open to the local network. At one point the server had no password protection at all – so anyone could connect and commandeer a system. That was fixed by enabling password protection, although Ormandy discovered the passwords were predictable.
If you're running Comodo's software, malware on your PC, miscreants on your network, or perhaps anyone on the internet, could have potentially gained control over your computer."
I wouldn't trust them with my money and security. Especially not if they are doing this shady-looking shit with Let's Encrypt.
I have seen and worked with a lot of individuals in agencies over the year - usually VP or C-level execs, if not the head of the company, and it's not unusual to find raging narcissistic personalities with a helping of borderline personality disorder. Some hide it better than others. Add in sensitive ego and vengeful nature, and you have a recipe for exactly this.
People with those issues create their own reality, and if you do anything that violates the integrity of that reality, they will blow up. It's especially bad when filing legal papers isn't cost-prohibitive.
Ah, I guess there's just a lot of integration between them so it felt like it. So many stock photo places nowdays. I could have sworn I saw a news release talking about Adobe buying Getty awhile ago, but that appears not to be the case.
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http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=86790719&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
Th is one specifically is just for "Let's Encrypt". They haven't been granted that one yet, but it hasn't been denied, either.
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The one where Comodo replaces Chrome with their own, less-secure (and for Chrome that's saying something) browser:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/02/google_disses_chromodo/
"As explained in this advisory today, users who install Comodo Internet Security may not realize that their Chrome installation is replaced with Comodo's own browser, Chromodo.
That little bit of crapware isn't secure at all: it's set as the default browser, and "all shortcuts are replaced with Chromodo links and all settings, cookies, etc are imported from Chrome. They also hijack DNS settings, among other shady practices," Google's Tavis Ormandy notes.
Chromodo is promoted as a "private browser" on Comodo's website, but it's not only not private, it's not remotely safe to use, because it also disables Chrome's same-origin policy.
The same-origin policy enforces a rule that one script can only access data in another script if they're both from the same site. Without it, users are exposed to malicious sites sniffing private data.
Google went public with the feature bug because Comodo was unresponsive, we're told."
The one where Comodo's security kit installed an unprotected VNC server on host PCs:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/18/comodo_flaw/
"When installing Comodo Anti-Virus, Comodo Firewall, or Comodo Internet Security on a Windows PC, you'll get a program called GeekBuddy, which Comodo staff can use to carry out remote technical support on people's PCs (in exchange for money).
GeekBuddy allows this by installing a VNC server that has admin-level privileges, is enabled by default, and is open to the local network. At one point the server had no password protection at all – so anyone could connect and commandeer a system. That was fixed by enabling password protection, although Ormandy discovered the passwords were predictable.
If you're running Comodo's software, malware on your PC, miscreants on your network, or perhaps anyone on the internet, could have potentially gained control over your computer."
I wouldn't trust them with my money and security. Especially not if they are doing this shady-looking shit with Let's Encrypt.
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He should do a cross-promotional campaign with Marie Callander's and commercialize this. You know, cause then he'd get free pies.
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reality disturbed
People with those issues create their own reality, and if you do anything that violates the integrity of that reality, they will blow up. It's especially bad when filing legal papers isn't cost-prohibitive.
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Isn't this Adobe?
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