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Whitout the address bar I'm afraid we'll see a new peak in phishing attacks.
by gbrindisi 15y ago
Whitout the address bar I'm afraid we'll see a new peak in phishing attacks.
- jokermatt999 15y agoIs there any good solution to this? One suggestion I like is adding a secure padlock style icon for traffic over HTTPS, but that doesn't cover every case.
- ChrisLTD 15y agoThey could automatically unhide the URL bar when you start typing into a form.
- rmc 15y agoYou have to know more than if the page is HTTPS. I could put a fake facebook page on https://evil.example.com https://evil.example.com. Normal users could go to it, see the HTTPS icon, see that it looks the same as the facebook login page, and think everything is OK.
- marshray 15y agoFirst they take away the status bar with the lock icon, now they take away the address bar. How the hell am I going to educate my users to make sure they're visiting the correct secure site and not some attack site? It's as if the UI designers saw a sketch on a cocktail napkin once that really impressed them and now they expect us to use a cocktail napkin for a browser. As if it's all just about inconsequential web surfing and party drinks. No, no need to care about security or strong site authentication. UI designers have completely failed us in that respect, too, with click-through certificate warnings. This just formalizes it I guess.