Firefox 2 To Have Anti-Phishing Technology

Mitchell Bronze writes "Mozilla's Mike Shaver said in an interview that the upcoming Firefox 2 will have anti-phishing capability using technology that might come from Google." From the article: "With the continued rise in online attacks, security tools have become something Web browser makers can use to try to stand out. Microsoft plans to include features to protect Web surfers against online scams in Internet Explorer 7, due later in 2006. Similar functionality is already in Netscape 8 and Opera 8, both released last year. 'It is another example of the energy that has returned to the browser market,' Shaver said."

Comments

Good on ya

[RyoShin]

Good idea. This way they can make sure that the only thing stolen through FireFox is memory space.

[rimshot]

Re:Good on ya

[hansonc]

It most likely was not really using 200Mb of memory. It's far more likely that you simply do not know how Linux memory management works and what the figures in 'ps' mean..

It's most likely you just don't know how to read. The phrase "when Windows starts paging" it has nothing to do with 'ps' or Linux memory management.

Re:Good on ya

[ahaning]

What does Linux memory management have to do with Windows?

This is Slashdot. Linux has everything to do with everything, newbie.

Re:Good on ya

[AME]

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Microsoft anti-phishing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft plans to include features to protect Web surfers against online scams in Internet Explorer 7

Site Blocked: www.google.com has been placed on a list of sites that link to potentially unsafe and / or phishing sites.

Here's to hoping...

[ursabear]

I do hope this works well for the average Jane or Joe... I'd like to see less incedences where my mom forwards mails to me (thinking she's either been doing something wrong {like, her bank account is overdrafted, please go to this special web page and fix it}, or has gotten something great for free).

Click OK

[DarkNemesis618]

Has Your Credit Card been stolen?
Enter information and click OK to find out
Name:_________________________________
Billing Address:__________________________________
Credit Card Type:________________
Credit Card Number:_______________________________
Expiration Date:___/___

Now be an idiot and click OK to let me steal your info.

Re:Click OK

[Ford Prefect]

Oh. This sounds really important!

Name:_Ford_Prefect__________
Billing Address:_72_Borchester_Road,_Ambridge,_Borchesters hire,_England___
Credit Card Type:_VISA__________
Credit Card Number:_4242-0563-1337-0584______
Expiration Date:Mar/2008

P.S.: I'm using Safari!

Online scams?

[g_adams27]

> Microsoft plans to include features to protect Web surfers
> against online scams in Internet Explorer 7

Wouldn't it have been easier just to not program the online scams into Internet Explorer 7 in the first place? I just don't understand Microsoft's new security procedures at all!

Re:Insightful? WRONG! Netscape 8 had this long ago

[Anonymous Coward]

Let it go, Mr Andressen. You lost.