Paypal Advises Users To Stop Using Safari

Posted by Zonk on Monday March 3, 2008 @11:31AM from the watch-where-you-click dept.

eldavojohn writes "Over concerns for lack of an anti-phishing mechanism for Safari, Paypal is telling its Mac users to use another browser. An author from Ars Technica reveals that he has been using Camino and has fallen victim to a Paypal related phishing scam via e-mail so this story must hit home for him. 'Currently the Apple browser does not alert users to sites that could be phishing for your info, and it lacks support for Extended Validation. PayPal is, of course, a popular site among phishers in their neverending search for personal information, user IDs, and passwords. While it's not entirely fair singling out Safari (other Mac browsers like Camino also lack this support), it is perhaps at least a helpful reminder of the threat.'"

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This has huge ramifications by Anonymous Coward · 2008-03-03 11:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Safari could lose one of its two users. Opera may have a chance to double its user share, though.
Re:Maybe Apple should... by hjf · 2008-03-03 14:55 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Are you some sort of cripple? It's a mouse. It's an extension of your hand. Just aim the cursor. Slow movements are more precise, fast movements are coarser.
are you retarded or just plain stupid? read the fucking GGP! he was saying that os x has big icons to make them easier to hit and save time, and now you come and tell me that I have to waste time aiming the close button! fucking apple fanbois, get your stories straight!

jesus!