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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 2006-06-08
Anonymous
One thing we did, back in DOS days, to get the user to confirm a dangerous action was to change the confirm box.

One system the user had to key a word in like, "Y" or "YES" or "OK", it changed randomly.

Another changed order of buttons, the text on them and the way the question was phrased. S...

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