Unforgeable dialog.

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Sun Feb 5 03:45:48 EST 2006


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Travis H. wrote:
> What changed when going from ASCII text to HTML in emails that makes
> phishing so much more of a problem?

1. Html obfuscates the actual target of a url.

2. Html encourages legitimate businesses to use complicated and
obfuscated actual targets for their urls, indistinguishable from those
used by phishers.


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          James A. Donald
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