Posts made by Nic

Then there was that report about figuring out the types of sites people were going to from the https traffic: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/new-attack-on-https-crypto-might-know-if-youre-pregnant-or-have-cancer/

Gamers with Jobs: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/podcast

@Dominica since the whole purpose of time machine is a valid backup in case your machine dies, that would seem to be its primary purpose Also I second the migration assistant as being awesome. I've used that on multiple mac upgrades.

I'd be willing to bet they ignored the warning because it came from their outsourced Bangalore office. Equal parts racism and disdain for outsourcers.

I vote for Melonheads

@scottalanmiller I think that everyone one here is a SpiceHead no? We'll have to call it the SpiceHead/MangoLassi discount

@IRJ sounds good - just let me know and I can get you more info.

Hopefully the BSOD wasn't caused by us! Let me know if you want support to call you.

@IRJ yep we do - there's discounts for non-profits, SpiceHeads, and depending on the size of the purchase there's some room there too. Let me know if you want to talk to a sales person and get a quote.

@scottalanmiller said:

@Bill-Kindle said:

Everyone don't panic.

I just installed Webroot on both my laptop and tablet.

Awesome. Definitely provide some feedback on that. Let us know how it goes.

Welcome to the Webroot family Bill

Apparently some banks and credit unions buy our software in bulk to give to their customers. It's cheaper for them to pay for AV software than the costs of identity theft overall.

@Bill-Kindle ok cool - go ahead and use the business trial link and I'll see about getting you a home code

@ajstringham said:

@Nic said:

@ajstringham well it depends - the home version is priced per user, so you get up to five devices for that consumer license. Basically since people have on average 3 devices, we wanted to make the licensing easy for home users and not have them worry about multiple computers, tablets and phones. The business licensing is per device and the mobile is broken out separately. Does that make sense?

Ok. However, if you don't need mobile then it seems to me it would be cheaper. Segregating it for business makes sense whereas in a consumer world it doesn't. But for straight machines I would assume the scaling is better and more cost effective. If I need 7 licenses for friends and/or family using consumer products, you're kinda stuck with no easy way to do it. 5 + 1 + 1 or 5 + 3 for the licenses. FWIW

Yeah in that case you might be better with business, since you are in effect being a service provider for your family and friends. Also the home version does have a cheaper version without the mobile included.

Here's the home pricing:
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/products/compare
there's three tiers based on whether you want just AV/Malware protection or additional features like mobile, the password vault and 25GB of online backup & storage.

For business, the pricing is here:
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/endpoint/
and for mobile:
http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/mobile/

We do have discounts for SpiceHeads and for larger deals, so it's always worth it to talk to a sales person rather than just buy direct off the web, but at least the above gives you a ballpark.

@Bill-Kindle sure thing - would you rather play with home or business version? The scan technology is the same but the portal functions are deeper in business. There's a business trial here (don't worry, the sales folks know not to pester SpiceHeads http://www.webroot.com/customerSupport/trialRegistration.php?trpd=WSAB&loc=usa&lang=en and I can get you a home copy to play with if you'd rather that way.

@ajstringham well it depends - the home version is priced per user, so you get up to five devices for that consumer license. Basically since people have on average 3 devices, we wanted to make the licensing easy for home users and not have them worry about multiple computers, tablets and phones. The business licensing is per device and the mobile is broken out separately. Does that make sense?

@ajstringham cool, just message me with the contact info and I'll have someone reach out to you. Richard coaches the whole sales team on being nice to SpiceHeads, so they won't be pushy

@ajstringham I think we're pretty comparable. I don't have the full pricing info handy, but I know we do have discounts for SpiceHeads. I can get you to the sales rep for your zone if you want more info or a quote.

Both have those features. Business has more granularity and power in the portal, but you can still manage things centrally using the home version of the management portal.

Yeah we should work well for that. You can manage everything from the web based console and kick off scans, issue remote commands, etc.