RE: Password Safe "Pro"

Frank,
	At the very least there should NOT be a link from our pages to
this product.

	I know its all automagically allocated ad's however I think we
should ask not to have these links as they imply that we (and Bruce I
guess) support passwordsafe pro.

Dave Collins
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Frank Pilhofer
Sent: Monday, 13 February 2006 7:25 AM
To: Password Safe Development
Subject: [Passwordsafe-devel] Password Safe "Pro"

Hi,

today, I decided to follow an advertised link for "Password Safe Pro"
(www.passwordsafepro.com) that you get on SourceForge when browsing
Password Safe's project pages.

Not surprisingly, it is a tool that is very similar to Password Safe.
It comes complete with snake oil: "The Password Safe Pro uses 160-bit
high security level encryption so your passwords are safe from online
predators and hackers."

Other than that and a few screenshots, the Web site is very vague about
the software. You can download a demo version, which I did not do.

Very probably, the software's name was chosen in ignorance of Password
Safe's existence. Still, it could be argued that it exploits the
popularity of Password Safe, and by name implies to be an "improved"
or "professional" version of the original Password Safe.

Question is, does anyone care? I presume that Counterpane did register
the "Password Safe" name as a trademark. Even if not, or if the
trademark was not continued, I'm sure that a lawyer could make a
compelling argument for them to change the name of their software.

Maybe they do not even deserve that kind of attention.

Frank


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