Paypal to block 'unsafe browsers' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Web payment firm Paypal has said it will block "unsafe browsers" from using its service as part of wider anti-phishing efforts.

Customers will first be warned that a browser is unsafe but could then be blocked if they continue using it.

Paypal said it was "an alarming fact that there is a significant set of users who use very old and vulnerable browsers such as Internet Explorer 4".

Phishing attacks trick users into handing over sensitive data.

Paypal said some users were still using Internet Explorer 3 , released more than 10 years ago. It lacks many of the security and safety features needed to protect users from phishing and other online attacks.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7354539.stm

[parasim]

1. Makes sense to me... anybody using the internet to transfer funds...

cold hard cash from their bank account to anywhere on the internet, should be up with the latest tech.

[Mojambo]

2. Using a current version of internet explorer is bad enough

I can't imagine there are people out there surfing around with IE3!

[Webster Green]

6. No shit!

I would imagine they are enslaved in AOL as well.:smoke:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. So, what browser is in Microsoft "Bob"?

and

Is it safe?

[wtmusic]

4. How about if they just block anything made by Microsoft

I guess that's kind of what they're doing.

[msongs]

5. exactly, NOBODY using windows also uses paypal :-) nt