[LINK] PayPal to Safari users: 'Ditch it'

[Kim Holburn]

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/02/29/paypal-to-safari- 
users-ditch-it
http://tinyurl.com/2fpohk

> PayPal to Safari users: 'Ditch it'
>
> By Jeff Smykil | Published: February 29, 2008 - 10:30AM CT
>
> While current browser share estimates for Apple's Safari web  
> browser hover somewhere in the 4.5 percent range, Safari is  
> attracting some unwanted attention from PayPal, the eBay-owned  
> payment company. PayPal is urging its users to ditch Safari and  
> instead use alternative browsers such as Internet Explorer 7, IE 8,  
> Firefox 2, Firefox 3, or even Opera.
>
> The reason for the warning is Safari's lack of anti-phishing  
> technology. Currently the Apple browser does not alert users to  
> sites that could be phishing for your info, and it lacks support  
> for Extended Validation. PayPal is, of course, a popular site among  
> phishers in their neverending search for personal information, user  
> IDs, and passwords.
>

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