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Re: [HV-PAPER] Anti-Phishing Tips You Should Not Follow


From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () dione ids pl>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:24:46 +0200 (CEST)

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:

Just as most of the phishing sites already do.
Really? I thought they somehow magically knew enough about you to sign
you in properly and display all the correct details ;)

No, but the reasonable practice would be not to alert the customer (and
have him possibly, say, panic and call the bank in question) - but rather,
display something along the lines of "Thank you for successfully verifying
your Frob Mutual account data. Bye."

/mz

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