02 March 2008

PayPal: Steer Clear of Apple's Safari

According to PayPal, unlike its competitors, Safari has no built-in phishing filter to warn users when they are visiting suspicious Web sites.

If you're using Apple's Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud.

Safari doesn't make PayPal's list of recommended browsers because it doesn't have two important anti-phishing security features, according to Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer. [more...]

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