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Online Banking Customers Migrating To Lynx

Posted by Soulskill on from the browsers-with-character dept.

Jibbler writes "Following the recent Pwn2Own competition, in which Firefox, IE8 and Safari all fell quickly to exploits, Netcraft has observed a surge in popularity of the text-based Lynx browser. Netcraft points out that Lynx supports the latest cryptographic ciphers, and at least one online banking site has seen Lynx usage overtake that of Internet Explorer and Firefox. To boost Lynx's excellent security history, Netcraft has even developed a version of its anti-phishing toolbar for Lynx."

2 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. Oh dear... by tulcod · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yet another april fool? If that is the case, this one, like most others, is terrible.

  2. Re:As Always.... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why not make a story about the churches of Scientology and Pastafarianism merging? That would be much more interesting.

    They are merging. Haven't you heard?

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