- From: George Staikos <staikos@kde.org>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:52:34 -0500
- To: W3 Work Group <public-wsc-wg@w3.org>
On 28-Nov-06, at 10:11 AM, Mike Beltzner wrote: > > On 27-Nov-06, at 10:45 AM, Amir Herzberg wrote: > >> Browser security should make it harder for spoofers/phishers to >> trick users into believing false site identification. The >> challenge is that users look mostly at the content of the site, >> which can present fake identification (tokens, etc.). Same for >> email... Which is why identification indicators, like the secure >> letterhead (or TrustBar, or PetName...) are useful. > > I can't let an opportunity to sing my usual song go by, and I can't > remember if I've sung it lately, so here it goes: > > Why not create indicators of *in*security and *non*-trusted > identification instead of indicators of security? To this I would point out the skype download page for Mac OS X which tells you in the page to ignore the warning about the download being insecure. I think this is 6:6. -- George Staikos KDE Developer http://www.kde.org/ Staikos Computing Services Inc. http://www.staikos.net/
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