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Browsers, phishing, and user interface design
Scott Granneman, 2006-06-05

Phishing works for so many reasons, we need to rethink browser and user interface design to provide some real-life security to the average user who doesn't see or understand the security cues.

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Browsers, phishing, and user interface design 2006-06-06
Anonymous
If the user doesn't click the link in their email, it doesn't matter whether or not they pay attention to padlock icons, or if they think the site is safe because it's got a favicon. (obviously those things are still issues for other reasons however.)

Trying to address the phishing problem by fix...

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