<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sat, 2006-29-04 at 16:56 +0700, Chanchao wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > That could be a very > powerful factor, because it actually addresses the human factor. I > didn't thik of that before. What do you think? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I think that as more and more people who are not ueber-wizards start to use Linux based operating systems, the opportunities for getting them to run malware/spyware/adware will increase dramatically. :) I wouldn't put it past them to just enter their password when a box pops up asking for it. :) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Organisations like eBay/Paypal and others of a similar ilk regularly tell people that nobody will ever ask them for any personal information by email. They warn their users with monotonous regularity against ever filling in password information without checking first that it's at the eBay/Paypal/whatever main site. Yet one of the most common (and successful) phishing attacks is sending people emails, directing them to fake web pages and collecting information. Because most people will just enter their password when a box pops up asking for it. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery." --Abraham Lincoln </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>