Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote: > This is something that I've seen also, and it makes me worried that the > current Fx solution *doesn't* really work as advertised. > > The people see the warning, and the next minute, they start IE to access > the site. > > Think about it : Instead of protecting them, Fx has pushed them to take > a decision that heightens their risk level, it would have been more > secure to let them go though the warning and access the site with Fx > rather than with IE.
Hixie jokingly made a similar point over IRC back in November, with regard to phishing protection: <Hixie> woah <Hixie> i think i just found a semi-serious issue with the phishing protection in firefox <Hixie> i went to a site that triggered the warning <Hixie> and my immediate reaction (without really thinking) was "oh i wonder why that is blocked, let's have a look" and i immediately opened it _in IE_. <Hixie> possibly the worst thing i could have done. (source: http://quotes.burntelectrons.org/3129 ) _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
