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Firefox 2 To Have Anti-Phishing Technology

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-like-to-catch-phish dept.

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."

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  1. Re:More appropriate as an extension? by dyftm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, the code they are using started off as an extension (Google Safe Browsing). But, they decided that the users that most need protecting are the ones that have no idea what an extension is.

  2. Re:Guess I have to change the browser then by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 5, Informative

    You must have missed the giant full page disclaimer during install that describes what the Googlebar's page rank service does. You must also have missed the option on that page that lets you select whether or not you want that feature enabled.

    Google tells you exactly what the feature is, and throws the option to enable or disable it in your face, and yet you still whine about it.

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    Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
  3. Re:More appropriate as an extension? by Anc · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's exactly how they are going to do it. It will be an extension.

    After all, the technology is a sole contribution of Google and their Safe Browsing extension http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/.

    For more detail regarding the implementation see http://wiki.mozilla.org/Safe_Browsing

  4. Re:Good on ya by thedbtree · · Score: 5, Informative
    I also have trouble with Firefox eating up 100-150-200MB after being open for a while. There is a fix to this problem, however. Some of the comments from an older Slashdot article, Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature, will tell you how to fix it.

    If I remember correctly, it's something to do with cacheing the pages. Firefox caches something like 25 previous pages you've been to... on each tab.

    Maybe this isn't the actual problem -- I'm not a developer -- but it seems to have stopped the "memory leak" issue I have with Firefox 1.5+