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Anti-phishing scanners are only for idiots
Microsoft is panicking and is trying anything these days to get ahead of Firefox. Their initial release of IE7 was not the success they expected. If I have to guess, Firefox was also released to soon to their liking. So they are going head over heels into this thing. Let them do it, it is to the their own downfall. If Mozilla stays logical and refrain from falling for this new junk, they will have more shooting power to eradicate this looser of a browser once and for all.

But again their focus is totally wrong. Hell, people are stupid beings, they will simply distrust any site that does not light up the address bar. But it is because of this stupidity that people fall for common phishing and 419 scams. Teach the people to think and you won't even need a stupid anti-phishing shield. People need to learn, people need to wake up. Don't visit those dodgy links, ignore e-mails asking you for passwords or other sensitive information and for goodness sake, we don't have a millionaire dying each and every day, so please people those multi-million-next-of-kin e-mails is bogus. Software can never be a substitute for common sense, after all common sense can't be bypassed as easy as these pathetic anti-phishing shields.

Just another way getting rid of smaller competition.

With IE 7, green means money for Microsoft and Certificate Issuers and EV SSL stands for Evil SSL.

http://cybertopcops.blogspot.com/2006/07/smelling-hoax-mile-away-by-using.html
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Microsoft and it's continuing saga of innovations .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 11/13/06
not the point!  ITCowboy | 11/13/06
Good news for those who are Red/Green Colour Blind  BanjoPaterson | 11/13/06
MS telling us who can be trusted?  Spoon Jabber | 11/13/06
Read the article  ITCowboy | 11/13/06
No, it was purchased WMA DRM  Spoon Jabber | 11/14/06
Sounds like Opera 9.1's Fraud Protection  Scrat | 11/13/06
IE 7 is BAD, BAD news for us......and we are staying away...  shawkins | 11/13/06
Hmm. What are you doing wrong?  wolf_z | 11/13/06
Or maybe his security settings are higher than yours?  Spoon Jabber | 11/13/06
Well...  waterhzrd | 11/14/06
There must be something wrong.  ITCowboy | 11/13/06
Don't know... sounds like a way to make for money...  el1jones | 11/13/06
Good.  ITCowboy | 11/13/06
With IE 7, green means go for legit sites  itanalyst | 11/13/06
As much as I want to empty my stomach contents onto the keyboard...  Scrat | 11/13/06
lol.  DarbyOhara | 11/13/06
In other news ....  whisperycat | 11/13/06
A non-issue...  IMHOYAAAH | 11/13/06
Your non-issue is a non-issue.  Logics | 11/13/06
I just happen to like firefox  skeptic tank | 11/13/06
Perhaps... but I think you're not  DarbyOhara | 11/13/06
But, notice the difference...  Spoon Jabber | 11/14/06
you people are missing the point.  Been_Done_Before | 11/13/06
Let me get out my flame resistant, asbestos-lined suit.  Shelendrea | 11/13/06
Trust... is the factor here  DarbyOhara | 11/13/06
trust is a fragile thing  Shelendrea | 11/13/06
Microsoft has a long history...  I am Gorby | 11/13/06
At any given time no site is trustworthy [nt]  Omch'Ar | 11/13/06
I've gone back to IE, after a long time with FF  I am Gorby | 11/13/06
Huh! I'm able to use FF on talkback again!  I am Gorby | 11/13/06
odd  CobraA1 | 11/14/06
What about legit, but hacked sites?  Mr_Dave | 11/13/06
With IE 7, green means go for legit sites  Loverock Davidson | 11/13/06
I see a loophole already  CobraA1 | 11/14/06
Anti-phishing scanners are only for idiots  www.cybertopcops.com | 11/15/06

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