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Phish Scams Fooling 28% of Users
Etaipo writes "Anti-spam firm MailFrontier Inc has done some testing with consumers to see if they could differentiate between legitimate e-mails and phish scams. The results, to me, were pretty shocking.
The company also has provided a similar test on its web site. Get an answer wrong, and we revoke your geek license on the spot."
/. has no meta topics. Rob doesn't reply civilly to emails, so I have no choice but to comment here:
Are the designers of this site color blind? No, because then they would be able to read the IT page either. The tan/gold colors are pretty, but there is an awful lack of contrast that makes things nearly impossible to read. I'm not the first to complain, and will likely not be the last.
Sure, games, BSD, and YRO are ugly as sin. We can all accept that, but they are at least legible. The current color scheme for IT.slashdot.org certainly falls in the 'Oh, shiny!' category.
Somewhat related, what is the point of IT.slashdot.org? It certainly seems like a story garbage dump. Is the gang moving to a point where every story will be in it, apple, YRO, science, etc? If so, try to post a note somewhere that explains what each section is for, and stick to it. This will make it easier to filter.
It seems like the following:
games: it actually works. It is about games.
apple: apple, apple products, anything at all related to the iPod, including competitors
science: I don't know. Don't read it, don't care.
ask: it actually works. This is where you find 'ask slashdot' entries.
BSD: troll magnet. But one that seems to only attract 'BSD is dying...' trolls
YRO: timothy and michael's soapbox. Anything and everything that they are interested in goes here.
IT: the garbage dump.
Feel free to use these definitions, as I honestly can't think of anything better to describe the current state.
And fix the colors. Please.
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
who would win in a wrestling match between lemmy and god?
lemmy?
BZZT.
god?
Wrong. Trick question Lemme is GOD!!!!
love that movie...
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Yet Another First Post By Garcia That Went To 5!
whose side did you take, hagar or lee roth?
hagar?
HE'S A COP
I run ximiam on linux, so this affects me how again? Poor bastards out there trying to keep from having their windows box zombified, I dont' know how you even read email on that platform without getting an ulcer.
--- It is not the things we do which we regret the most, but the things which we don't do.
INCORRECT.
Whose side did you take in the david lee roth/van halen split? VAN-HALEN or Roth?
Van Halen?
HE'S A COP!!
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