Can Teamwork Stop Phishing?
from the wishful-thinking... dept
While eBay seems to be moving away from email as a method to stop phishing scams, a number of common phishing targets have all teamed up to "share" info on phishing scams. I'm sure the phishing site operators are really, really afraid now. While, it obviously can't hurt for these companies to share info, that's hardly a major initiative to stop phishing from happening. These companies should have realized a long time ago the importance of sharing information -- and, if anything, it's a bit scary that they've only decided to do so at this point. As we've pointed out before, phishing is at its core a bit of social engineering designed to trick people into believing something. It's not so much a technical trick (though, technical tricks are being used to help move along the charade), and attempts by tech companies to take a tech approach to solving the issue may find it much more difficult than they imagined.
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Citizens stop phishing on their own?
1. Phishing Site Reported
2. Notice sent to 'verification team' a team of verified volunteers who would each login to a hub/secure server to approve/disapprove the 'listing' of the reported site.
3. When x-number of 'verifications' happen.. the site is listed online or sent via dispatch to the "browsing volunteers".
4. They 'browse the site' until they receive notice it's down. Once notice is received... they give the ISP back his bandwidth.
Is it vigilantism or is it civil justice? We built the Internet, we the global users also must protect it. IF I see enough positive responses to the idea, I will donate or assist with building a hub for the purpose.
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