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Paypal Advises Users To Stop Using Safari

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. Every browser has and anti-phishing mechanism by edalytical · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's called the address bar. It's very easy to use, just type where you want to go and press return. Before entering sensitive information into a browser window check the address bar and make sure you are where you think you are. I know your mom and my mom might not fully understand the address bar, but I think it would be easier for them to learn about it than installing a new browser.

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  2. Re:Maybe Apple should... by misleb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have replaced Safari with FireFox on every friend and family mac I get my hands on. Re-theme it, copy and paste the icon resource, and they don't notice the change!


    And with Firefox 3, you don't even need a theme. They look very similar now. Firefox 3 even seems to use the Aqua style widgets.

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  3. Re:Maybe Apple should... by Z34107 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why doesn't it [Windows] have fast, easy keyboard shortcuts for most tasks?

    Enter - hit the default button. Closes all those annoying "OK" dialogs.

    Space - hit the currently selected button. Like a left mouse-click, but for the soul.

    Tab - Switch between buttons/check boxes/tabs/etc in a form. Use arrow keys to select an option from a series of radio buttons.

    Shift+Tab - Switch between buttons/check boxes/tabs/etc, but going the other way.

    Windows+R - Bring up the "Run" dialog.

    Windows+E - Bring up Explorer.

    Windows+D - Minimize everything to your desktop. (Or restore everything again.)

    F1 - Help.

    CTRL+C or CTRL+INS - Copy files/selected text/etc. to clipboard. (Sorry, meta+C.)

    CTRL+V or SHIFT+INS - Paste files/selected text/etc. from clipboard.

    ALT+F4 - Close current program or dialog box.

    CTRL+SHIFT+ESC - Bring up task manager.

    CTRL+ALT+DEL - You should know what this does. Also brings up "Windows 2000" style login from the welcome (user selection) screen in XP.

    You can run Windows without a mouse. No, really, you can - my desktop only has icons for games with long paths hidden in program files. With Windows 98 (and maybe others) you could set the default shell in WIN.INI or some other file to the command prompt instead of explorer.exe - the effect was a DOS-looking computer that could run all your Windows 98 apps! (My parents didn't see the novelty in this.)

    As for honking graphics... Aero! (ducks)

    But, I use a DAS Keyboard 2 and type 140 wpm on a slow day. I hate the lag time involved in reaching for the bloody 2-dimensional X,Y coordinate translocator, so I use these shortcuts daily. I'm sure there are others; these are just the ones that came to mind.

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