Dead Paul wrote:
> Yeah, since at least Opera 9.10-20061214.1 (for linux at least) they have
> included "trusted sites" and "phish tank", "anti fraud protection".
> There's a little question mark on the right side of the address bar which
> you click to "check" the "security status" of the current website. I have
> read that firefox 2,x is or will be implementing a similar feature. I have
> no information regarding IE.
>
> This feature is a serious potential privacy concern.
>
> What it means is that the web browser connects to an external registry
> or database and transmits the url or web address of the page you are
> currently visiting to the third party registry where the url is checked
> against a database of known or suspected websites. Of course your own
> IP number is available along with the web browsers "inquiry" at the
> registry's location. Whether they record or keep this information is
> not known by this author.
>
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People want to know if their favorite porn site is being phished what
can they do?