March 2006 Entries

InKline Global still up to their old tricks

It's been over 2 years now since I first wrote about inKline Global's deceptive sales techniques.  Since then, that post has received dozens of comments from people who feel they have been scammed by the company, who sold them crappy products that don't do what they advertise. Last week, a rep from the company stopped by bmonday.com to defend their refund process, but declined to address the deceptive techniques they continue to use to trick people into buying the products they sell.  Apparently, they're OK with that part of their business model. Take this popup ad for instance, which was the inspiration for my past...

posted @ Friday, March 31, 2006 8:46 PM | Feedback (74)

SANS: A year later

A year ago this month I wrote about my misgivings regarding SANS' policy shift away from requiring a practical from their students as part of their certification process.  I wrote at the time: [...] the loss (or impending obsolescence, I should say) of the SANS Reading Room, where Stephen's personal mantra was realized, that's the thing that stings the most.  As Richard said also in his blog, that was a key resource for the community, and it's sad to see the engine that generated all that great work shut down. I went back to SANS today, to see just what impact the...

posted @ Monday, March 27, 2006 7:31 PM | Feedback (0)