Re: Nordea Sweden shuts Internet banking due to targeted phishing

[Craig Webster <craig () xeriom net>]

Hi,
> > It's really tempting and egalitarian of some of us to think that user
> > education will solve this problem; but I'd recommend trying to get people to
> > stop giving out their internet passwords in exchange for a candy bar before
> > seriously attempting to tackle the phishing problem with this strategy.
>  
> I've always wondered about this one. If someone stopped me in the street
> and offered me a chocolate bar in exchange for a password, they would most
> certainly get a big smile, a dopey look, and a password, and I'd stroll
> on, eating my chocolate bar and wondering at the gullibility of market
> researchers.

Indeedy, people who don't do this should be subjected to the knife-weilder 
suggested in the other thread :)

Stabby stabby.

Craig
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