From kdepim-users  Wed May 18 11:03:13 2005
From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 11:03:13 +0000
To: kdepim-users
Subject: Re: [kdepim-users] Anti-spoof feature request
Message-Id: <200505181203.13165.cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk>
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On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10:39, Andy Pieters wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Due to the increase in spoofing atempts for PayPal, Ebay, Online banking,
> and others, I noticed that for the most part they trick users in pressing
> links that claim to go to the real site while they are going to a spoof
> site.
>
> They are like this:
>
> <a href=3D"http://othersite.com/www.paypal.com/blablabal">
> 	https://www.paypal.com/login
> </a>
>
> Could you implement a feature that scans the contents of a hyperlink and =
if
> it detects inconsistency, displays something to inform the user.  Like it
> could check if it contains an url that is different from what is specified
> in the href attribute.
>
Anything that is implemented can be circumvented.  It's easier to educate t=
he=20
user.  No matter how technophobic they are they can usually understand that=
=20
they can lose money big-time if they don't listen and learn. ;-)

Anne
=2D-=20
Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)
Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?  Mandrake at all levels

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