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I don't know a single non-technical but non-internet-ignorant user who wouldn't be suckered in by this. I've taught people how to scan for valid links, and now
by mrcharles 17y ago
I don't know a single non-technical but non-internet-ignorant user who wouldn't be suckered in by this. I've taught people how to scan for valid links, and now they can't even trust that.
- frossie 17y agoHow do you tell civilians to scan for valid links? I say "if you see another domain name/IP address in the URL, don't do it". Maybe that is over-broad, but it works.
- njharman 17y ago> domain name/IP address in the URL civilian what's a domain? Is that like a mailing address? the Uwhat? Stop being so technical!
- abentspoon 17y agoOn proggit, we just found that even techical, internet savvy users can be suckered in by this. http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/bpy7h/think_youre_immune_to_phishing_attacks_see_if_you/ http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/bpy7h/think_you... 1 in 5 attempted to sign in. The results are hardly scientific, but the comments are full of users who were fooled.
- redcap 17y agoLooks like google fixed this one.
- oscardelben 17y agoSorry but I'm not sure users from reddit are all web savvy. It's still interesting that people don't look at urls when asked for passwords.
- johnswamps 17y agoMaybe not reddit as whole, but surely the people reading the programming subreddit are a bit more web savvy than the average person?