Addressing Some Concerns…

All right so I was over in the forum and we got a real-live question from a real-live person (thanks to Bumble).  The questions posed over there were about encryption and whether or not Shazzle has any “backdoors.”  I thought these were pretty interesting concerns, and I figured I’d address them here.

You guys encrypt? If not: you plan to?

No and yes.  As I mentioned over there, basically: we don’t have encryption yet.  The development team has been…um…I’ll call it clear on the point that they don’t want us to stick features next to dates, but encryption really is high on our feature list, and we hope to have it “soon.”  As soon as it’s in, I’ll announce it on the blog: promise.

What about backdoors? Will you guys broadcast my activities or install any spyware on my computer?

Definitely NOT.  Shazzle is affiliated with Landmark Technology Partners, and Landmark CEO Bob McGill is a major part of Shazzle’s management team.  Landmark produces a sales automation tool called BankBroker.  The tool’s used by a number of very reputable businesses.  We want Shazzle to be used by businesses.  We want it to be a free E-learning tool.  As Bob (McGill) stated “we don’t need a backdoor, because we have a frontdoor.”  It’s a little misleading, because we aren’t streaming any ads right now. 

We will be. 

We’re trying to gain adoption and get some feedback and ideas as to how best to make money, without taking away from YOUR user experience.  We want to give you relevant ads that won’t annoy you.  If we make money, advertisers make money, and you get a product you like, then we have something we scale and sustain.

Thanks for reading, and if you used Shazzle and have questions, post ‘em in the forum, post ‘em in the comments, or shoot me an Email (my first name at Shazzle dot com),

 Tom Demers