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firefox seems to be better than safari at preventing phishing websites from opening.
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<blockquote data-quote="macgig" data-source="post: 1834919" data-attributes="member: 16298"><p>I got time on my hands to tinker around with IT stuff... experiment. </p><p></p><p>On my old iMac, El Capitan, no extensions installed in either browser, DNS network settings set to use 1.1.1.1. I go to openphish (dot com)... I like to click the live phishing links on this site to see what happens, what they look like, etc. I just click a link to visit the phishing site. I don't install any software. Doing this just to see what happens, to learn and be informed.... </p><p></p><p><strong>Ive noticed that Safari will almost always open a phishing site/link without warning me that it's a dangerous site, where <u>Firefox almost never opens the site</u> and warns me that the site is dangerous. </strong></p><p></p><p>Just wanted to share this... pretty important find I thought... the best way to protect users from phishing sites is to not let them open the link/site in the first place. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I like Safari, but I don't trust it as much, and it wont let me disable history which I find really annoying. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macgig, post: 1834919, member: 16298"] I got time on my hands to tinker around with IT stuff... experiment. On my old iMac, El Capitan, no extensions installed in either browser, DNS network settings set to use 1.1.1.1. I go to openphish (dot com)... I like to click the live phishing links on this site to see what happens, what they look like, etc. I just click a link to visit the phishing site. I don't install any software. Doing this just to see what happens, to learn and be informed.... [B]Ive noticed that Safari will almost always open a phishing site/link without warning me that it's a dangerous site, where [U]Firefox almost never opens the site[/U] and warns me that the site is dangerous. [/B] Just wanted to share this... pretty important find I thought... the best way to protect users from phishing sites is to not let them open the link/site in the first place. I like Safari, but I don't trust it as much, and it wont let me disable history which I find really annoying. :) [/QUOTE]
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