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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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Education & Two-factor authentication 2006-06-07
Wolfy
Need I say more? Well, probably yes.

The article successfully points out that educating users into the various security features present in the web browser is one thing, but when even experienced users fall for the 'vv = w' in a phishing URL, there is something that the legitimate site needs to ...

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