Will Education Knock Out Phishing?

from the one-hopes dept

eWeek is running a long overview article looking at the problem of phishing and comparing it to organized criminal activity such as drug dealing. However, at the very end of the article someone notes that there's some belief that phishing may have already "peaked" as education is winning the battle by getting people to stop filling out fake forms. This would definitely be a good thing, but is there any evidence that phishing is actually on the decline?
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    seth, 7 Mar 2005 @ 8:08am

    Probably not

    Not only is a sucker born every minute, but I think that an idiot is too. Education will help the uneducated but it won't help the genuinely stupid. If education worked, then no virus would ever be able to spread via email since everyone tells you not to open attachments from unknown people. However, people still open them and they still spread.

    So, education will help, but won't stop the problem completely.

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    Joe Schmoe, 7 Mar 2005 @ 9:09am

    No Subject Given

    No. Stupid is as stupid does...

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    Sofa King Stoned, 7 Mar 2005 @ 9:37am

    Education

    Why would it? It hasn't knocked out illiteracy.

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  • identicon
    Jared, 7 Mar 2005 @ 10:00am

    Only Phishing?

    For that matter, why not viruses or spyware? Yes, people know it's bad, but they don't know how to completely stop themselves.

    Education would only work if people were motivated to be educated. But, they're not.

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