Phishing warnings

[~BD~]

On 08/04/2011 15:05, FromTheRafters wrote:
[....]
>> Google Chrome reported .....
>>
>> http://i54.tinypic.com/2af0592.jpg
>>
>> No warning for you then?
>
> Well, if you had told me what results you were expecting, I could have
> approached it differently.
>
>> Safari and Firefox also issued a similar warning.
>
> This system doesn't *do* warnings. )
>

Will you share details of such system?

Would not such warnings not be helpful in alerting you (and others) to
possible danger?

Maybe *you* are able to beat the odds without help! Somehow!

[Aardvark]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:34:10 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:

> Would not such warnings not be helpful in alerting you (and others) to
> possible danger?

I find them a pain in the ass. Time to turn those sto0pid warnings off
here, methinks.



--
“Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, and socialism
without freedom is slavery and brutality.” -Mikhail Bakunin

[Aardvark]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:34:10 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:

> Would not such warnings not be helpful in alerting you (and others) to
> possible danger?

I find them a pain in the ass. Time to turn those sto0pid warnings off
here, methinks.



--
“Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, and socialism
without freedom is slavery and brutality.” -Mikhail Bakunin

[FromTheRafters]

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:34:10 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:

> On 08/04/2011 15:05, FromTheRafters wrote: [....]
>>> Google Chrome reported .....
>>>
>>> http://i54.tinypic.com/2af0592.jpg
>>>
>>> No warning for you then?
>>
>> Well, if you had told me what results you were expecting, I could have
>> approached it differently.
>>
>>> Safari and Firefox also issued a similar warning.
>>
>> This system doesn't *do* warnings. )
>>
>>
> Will you share details of such system?

Lucid Puppy 5.1.1

> Would not such warnings not be helpful in alerting you (and others) to
> possible danger?

I wouldn't likely be typing my personal information into any webforms, so
phishing is not something I am concerned about.

> Maybe *you* are able to beat the odds without help! Somehow!

There is nothing on this system that is important enough for me to worry
about it being lost or stolen. The only worry is how my processing power
being stolen might affect others, but there is little chance anything
will do so and even less that it could become persistent - and this
system spends much more time being off than on.

[~BD~]

On 08/04/2011 16:15, FromTheRafters wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:34:10 +0100, ~BD~ wrote:
>
>> On 08/04/2011 15:05, FromTheRafters wrote: [....]
>>>> Google Chrome reported .....
>>>>
>>>> http://i54.tinypic.com/2af0592.jpg
>>>>
>>>> No warning for you then?
>>>
>>> Well, if you had told me what results you were expecting, I could have
>>> approached it differently.
>>>
>>>> Safari and Firefox also issued a similar warning.
>>>
>>> This system doesn't *do* warnings. )
>>>
>>>
>> Will you share details of such system?
>
> Lucid Puppy 5.1.1
>
>> Would not such warnings not be helpful in alerting you (and others) to
>> possible danger?
>
> I wouldn't likely be typing my personal information into any webforms, so
> phishing is not something I am concerned about.
>
>> Maybe *you* are able to beat the odds without help! Somehow!
>
> There is nothing on this system that is important enough for me to worry
> about it being lost or stolen. The only worry is how my processing power
> being stolen might affect others, but there is little chance anything
> will do so and even less that it could become persistent - and this
> system spends much more time being off than on.
>

All noted. Thanks FTR.