RE: Nordea Sweden shuts Internet banking due to targeted phishing

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> It's really tempting and egalitarian of some of us to think that user
> education will solve this problem; but I'd recommend trying to get people to
> stop giving out their internet passwords in exchange for a candy bar before
> seriously attempting to tackle the phishing problem with this strategy.
 
I've always wondered about this one. If someone stopped me in the street
and offered me a chocolate bar in exchange for a password, they would most
certainly get a big smile, a dopey look, and a password, and I'd stroll
on, eating my chocolate bar and wondering at the gullibility of market
researchers.


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