Re:Startcom CA applies for inclusion in Mozilla
by ryenus on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:07AM
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> a.- StartCom is now a 100% Qihoo360 owned subordinate Company. Management has also changed.
> b.- There´re no StartCom employees working at any Wosign premises. StartCom has subcontracted Qihoo 360 for all PKI and development management.
This made me laugh, LoL.
For those don't know much about Qihoo 360, it's an infamously unethical company. Its flagship antivirus software behaved like a virus, which is very difficult for non-pro computer users to remove. It sneakily "deployed" its so called security guard software to many innocent users' computers meanwhile actually behaving like a backdoor, leaking user data not like a sieve, but a pipe. It's not uncommon to see a tip upon Windows startup telling things like "Your computer boots faster than 90% users in the country", tricking the users to take some "proudness" from it.
Don't just believe me, go check the Controversies section of its Wikipedia page [0], and do yourself some research. Say the previous StartCom owner China Unicom is an amateur hacker, then Qihoo 360 is a pro, but a much more evil one.
> b.- There´re no StartCom employees working at any Wosign premises. StartCom has subcontracted Qihoo 360 for all PKI and development management.
This made me laugh, LoL.
For those don't know much about Qihoo 360, it's an infamously unethical company. Its flagship antivirus software behaved like a virus, which is very difficult for non-pro computer users to remove. It sneakily "deployed" its so called security guard software to many innocent users' computers meanwhile actually behaving like a backdoor, leaking user data not like a sieve, but a pipe. It's not uncommon to see a tip upon Windows startup telling things like "Your computer boots faster than 90% users in the country", tricking the users to take some "proudness" from it.
Don't just believe me, go check the Controversies section of its Wikipedia page [0], and do yourself some research. Say the previous StartCom owner China Unicom is an amateur hacker, then Qihoo 360 is a pro, but a much more evil one.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies