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Story: Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered

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Lets face it, not everyone out there is a Web Site Administratior, Web Page Developer, Internet Security analyst or Cyber Geek.

Therefore, yes, millions of people in the world are ignorant when it comes to computing.

I would venture to guess that 99 percent of anyone you asked doesn't know what open source means, or how or why it is different from IE.

Not to mention the fact, that millions still think emails that 'look' like they are from their credit card company or other financial institution are real. Which is where the problem is. Not with techies or someone who has a clue about the reality of computing.

'We' may be protected because 'we' choose not to click a link to 'verify our financial information'. But many don't know that these are phishing scams... and previous 'advice' from internet security persons like Paypal and Citi Bank say to 'Check the URL' to verify authenticity.

For the ignorant, this is where this flaw is important, and the URL will appear real.

Thats the gist of it. So, for everyone who thinks is absurd that anyone would click a link to verify this or authenticate that, remember, not everyone is a Web Administrator etc.

Do them a favor and educate them rather than scoffing at how infathomable and unreportable this story by zdnet is!

cheers.

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