Re: ACTION-208: "Site Identifying Images in Chrome" displayrecommendation

On 2007-06-10 23:47:00 -0500, michael.mccormick@wellsfargo.com wrote:

> *** MIKE: Here I must disagree.  The favicon is never useful to
> identify a site because it is completely untrustworthy for that
> purpose.  Anyone who uses favicons to identify sites effectively
> proves why they're a bad idea security-wise.

Well, the visual appearance of the rendering area of a browser
window is as untrustworthy -- yet, it's highly useful when trying to
identify the right window on your desktop.

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Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>

Received on Monday, 11 June 2007 10:41:02 UTC