But when ZeroK announced the gaping hole in Intel's claims and posted the applet on its site, the embarrassed chip giant melted down. Intel declared the company a hacker site which was distributing malicious Trojan Horse code and immediately sicced Symantec and other virus software vendors on to the little company which quickly found itself branded as an online criminal. Over the next couple of springtime weeks, Zero Knowledge Systems exchanged some pretty sharp public comments with Intel and Symantec that made the big guys look like back alley bullies ganging up on the class geek.
Some big companies underestimate what happens when it looks like they are stomping the little guy.
ZeroK's new investment will allow it to roll-out its Freedom Network later this year. No one, not even Zero-Knowledge, will be able to connect your nyms to your true identity. Privada, Digitalme, Lumeria, Passport, Privacybank all act as gatekeepers for their users' information. You have to trust them with your privacy, whereas we don't ever ask for people's personal information. If they want to give it out, that's their business.