Re: Anti-spoof feature request

On Wednesday 18 May 2005 12:03, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10:39, Andy Pieters wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Due to the increase in spoofing atempts for PayPal, Ebay, Online banking,
> > and others, I noticed that for the most part they trick users in pressing
> > links that claim to go to the real site while they are going to a spoof
> > site.
> >
> > They are like this:
> >
> > <a href="http://othersite.com/www.paypal.com/blablabal";>
> >  https://www.paypal.com/login
> > </a>
> >
> > Could you implement a feature that scans the contents of a hyperlink and
> > if it detects inconsistency, displays something to inform the user.  Like
> > it could check if it contains an url that is different from what is
> > specified in the href attribute.
>
> Anything that is implemented can be circumvented.  It's easier to educate
> the user.  No matter how technophobic they are they can usually understand
> that they can lose money big-time if they don't listen and learn. ;-)

I would have thought that a test such as Andy is suggesting should be pretty 
foolproof. But it stands more chance of being acted upon if it is raised as a 
wishlist item in bugs.kde.org. Suggestions on this mailing list are more 
likely to be forgotten about.