[pchelpers] News:PayPal to block users with old browsers to curtail phishing

IDG News Service   04/18/2008
PayPal, eBay's electronic payment service, plans to take the dramatic
step of locking out people using older versions of Web browsers in order
to stem phishing attacks.


PayPal said a "significant" group of people still use Microsoft's
Internet Explorer 3, released in 1996, and IE 4, which debuted in 1997.
Those browsers lack a phishing filter, which can block users from
accessing a reported phishing Web site. 

"In our view, letting users view the PayPal site on one of these
browsers is equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of
their vehicles without seatbelts," according to a paper released during
the RSA security conference in San Francisco earlier this month.

More here:
http://security.itworld.com/5010/paypal-to-block-old-browsers-080418/page_1.html
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