Re: Netcraft Toolbar

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_h0tmail.c0m)
Date: 05/28/05 

Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 12:54:26 -0600

What's in a Name? wrote:

>
> Spam?

        Certainly. It's unsolicited advertising.

> This is a security newsgroup,yes?

        Obviously.

> Phishing is a security
> issue,yes?

        No, not at all. "Phishing" is nothing more a crude attempt to con the
gullible into giving away their personal information. There are *no*
computer security facets to it; it's just a new wrinkle in the ages old
battle between con artists and their prey.

> The toolbar is a free tool to help ID phishing scams.

        Which makes it completely unnecessary. It takes no more intelligence
that of a sponge has to identify a phishing scam, particularly as
they've been so well publicized in recent years. 

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