The bottom line is, my security is exactly that, “my security.” Not comodo’s or anyone elses. I’d rather be the fool than to be fooled. Do you know how many companies try and tell me that their background phoning here and there is for my benefit? The truth is it’s my computer, and I say when it can and can’t phone anywhere. That way if in fact I’m compromised, I can only blame myself. Do you really want to put your security completely in my hands? And neither do I want to do likewise.
Don’t get me wrong, I truly appreciate your firewall, and have every since I only believed in zone alarm, thanks to Steve Gibson of GRC.com. And I recommend your product to everyone, because I like how it watches all programs accessing whatever they try and access. But I’m nobodies fool, as I’ve been doing internet computing since it’s inception. Actually before it’s inception via ARPANET. Everyone has reasons for background phoning, and there are none. At least that make any real sense. My computer, my rules.
Why did Comodo remove the “cancel” option when something is trying to access the net? So it can keep bugging someone until they allow it? If I select “block” then all trafffic is blocked, penalizing me, the computer owner and operator, until I restart my browser, that’s not right. This all “seems” like comodo is attempting to make me comply with it’s wishes, to allow background net access. Also, why not have an option that comodo “doesn’t” remember, then default to the last chosen solution, (either block or allow), instead allowing one to choose their own default, as “block,” would in fact be my default, in other words, to err to the side of caution. Then I never need worry about making a mistake on the fly, when I’m really busy, allowing something I didn’t intend to allow. Again it would “seem” comodo is trying to force my hand at allowing background phoning. Until an upstart firewall company does otherwise, of course.
Look I want to trust Comodo, like I wanted to trust Zone Alarm, but when business’/corporations care more about their bottom line, than their customers, there is a serious problem, because a business’s customers are in fact the totality of their business. What if there was a product, and no one bought it? Not that I’m pointing my finger at any particular entity. I’m just generalizing, as it “seems” to be the status quo of the day.
No, my security is “Only Ever,” my business. No one elses!
Sincerely,
a man on an island, in my home, the castle!
A philosopher wanna be!
‘I only know that I know nothing’
-Socrates-