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Tabnapping Scams Around the Corner?

scamdetect pointed us to an interesting bit of news about a new security risk called tabnapping that was recently outlined by Aza Raskin. The short story is that background tabs are updated with login forms impersonating the sites they originally contained, but hosted by helpful third parties primarily interested in your password. (CT:Original writeup removed at request of submitter)

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  1. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN by scamdetect · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not trolling, just peeved that my link was ripped out yet the body of the story is identical

  2. Re:A little peeved! by scamdetect · · Score: 1, Troll

    OK - let's get this straight. Submitting to Slashdot is supposed to be a selfless act and "shame on me" for being disappointed that the link was replaced because, heaven forbid, I may have made a few quid from the advertising (which by the way barely covers hosting costs) Yet Slashdot makes money from advertising on the site and from the community. That's perfectly acceptable (and yes, in my eyes it is perfectly acceptable) Why shame on me?

  3. Re:Which "morons"? by peragrin · · Score: 0, Troll

    anyone with an IQ under 100 would work just fine. Since that is half the population anyways it would be good for world wide population control too. If you want to be nice you can even throw in an average. You can take the test 3 times and they average your score.

    Bonus it would limit the influence of religion as most conservatives, and religious idiots are under 100 IQ points anyways, and those that are above it while holding their beliefs actually can be reasoned with.

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    i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.