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Comment by pavornyoh | Hacker News Reader

That's a bit brazen to make those claims on the site. They can get into trouble for that and also ruin their own reputation. So I am thinking the site is a little joke? When you click on help and go to FAQs, it labels questions as "HOT".

I think it is a joke.

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You're underestimating how far people are willing to go to appear legit. Showing logos of companies who aren't your clients -- or of publications that never mentioned you -- is common. They know most people won't check to verify.

>You're underestimating how far people are willing to go to appear legit.

You are right. This is clearly a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Did you notice they literally copied their competitors site?

Testimonials are the least of their worries.

Yeah, I did. This is not good.

User of private data is really concerning. How easy someone can take liberty of using the private data for a ride :( When I read the post about someone go crazy to protect their data and communication, I feel they need to have little faith in fellow people. But this kind of instance move my confidence and make me think that we are racing against time and we will see more and more kind of this situations.

They didn't claim they were featured. They simply displayed the logos. Lots of affiliate marketing sites do the same thing.

I'm not defending the practice of course.

It's entirely possible that including the logos is a trademark violation.

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