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Mozilla says Firefox phishing filter isnt working yet
Published August 7th, 2006 in All Categories, Firefox, Phishing, Security
Earlier today, I wrote about the new anti-phishing feature in Firefox 2 Beta 1, which was unable to
catch a single scam e-mail in my testing. This afternoon, a Mozilla spokesperson sent me an e-mail that said, yes, it doesn’t work yet. In fact, said the spokesperson, this feature “was intended to test the core Phishing Protection framework within the browser, not to provide a full list of suspected scam sites.”
Mozilla really needs to get its act together here, because that’s not the message they’re sending out to people who download the beta version of Firefox 2. Exhibit A is the announcement page for Firefox 2 Beta 1, which provides a bulleted list of 16 “new features and changes to the platform. Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise » Mozilla says Firefox phishing filter isn’t working yet
