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Microsoft Thinks Phishing Is A Local Matter?

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from the why-US-only? dept

Thu, Sep 1st 2005 1:02am — Mike Masnick
Microsoft announced last week that they were going to offer up an anti-phishing toolbar at some point, which isn't really that interesting. After all, there are already a bunch of anti-phishing toolbars out there. Obviously, having Microsoft's backing might help it get a bit more attention, but otherwise the story is pretty boring. However, they officially released it on Wednesday with one surprise: it's only available to US users, leaving others out in the cold. It's not clear why phishing should be a local thing. Don't users across the globe get hit with the same attempts at being phished?
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    Anonymous Coward, 1 Sep 2005 @ 1:39am

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    simply said, "google sucks"

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    Danno, 1 Sep 2005 @ 5:15am

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    ^Wha?

    MS probablly didn't have enough time to do I18N on the toolbar.

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    Bryan, 1 Sep 2005 @ 6:53am

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    Several sites are quoting this article about the lack of an ability to appeal a warning from a tool like this or other types of consumer warning/blocking tools. After reading through it, I think there are some interesting points. Who knows how good this technology really is. Should a site suffer because MS might have bug or two in the add-in (not that we could ever imagine bugs in MS products)?

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