- From: George Staikos <staikos@kde.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:22 -0400
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- Cc: public-usable-authentication@w3.org
On Monday 12 June 2006 20:00, James A. Donald wrote: > -- > > Chris Drake wrote: > > You can put as much effort as you want into chrome, > > and 100% of it will be wasted when the spamming > > phishers etc just visually simulate the entire browser > > UI. > > I think most users would notice a browser inside the > browser. You can only simulate the entire browser UI if > the browser allows frameless popups. > > And even though some users will not notice, a situation > where fraud is glaringly obvious is a big improvement on > a situation where it is subtle and unobvious. Remember that phishing only has to hit some very small percentage, like 0.1% of users, to be financially lucrative. That means if you fool one in a thousand, you've made your money. I do agree that removing the subtle phishes is a good step forward and well worth the effort. I still think that the obvious ones are financially lucrative though. -- George Staikos KDE Developer http://www.kde.org/ Staikos Computing Services Inc. http://www.staikos.net/
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