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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."
Now, I think you may not know that I am the lawyer of the late Prince of Nigeria.....
Who will be running this Phishing database?
Is this anything like the SiteAdvisor tool we have now?
Is it possible they could fix the memory issues we currently see instead of rehashing features we already have? I just had to close a 400MB session on FF1.5.0.1 that is currenty at 55MB after a restart. I'm not sure if they're getting the message, but this is not a feature as they have claimed before. If it's really a feature, please give me a way to turn that crap off.
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."
Bravo, I hate the relentless use of this word as well. I've seen 'AJAX' said to be a 'AJAX technology'. No it isn't. Javascript, HTML, CSS and ..ergh..XML are. collectively applications of computing technology and 'Asynchronous Javascript and XML' is an application of those. For something to be a 'technology' in it's own right it has to be based on a new fundamental principle, for example the leap from CRT to LCD.
This has bothered me for a while.