Re: Netcraft Toolbar

From: What's in a Name? (spamthis_at_nomail.afraid.org)
Date: 05/28/05

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    Bruce Chambers wrote:
    > 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.
    >

    Yes it is
    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118489,00.asp
    http://www.honeynet.org/papers/phishing/
    >
    >> 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.
    >
    >

    New phishing methods are being developed as we speak. It make take more
    intel than a sponge can handle.
    -max 

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