[cap-talk] Firefox and identifiability, small steps or large

[Ian G]

David Hopwood wrote:

> Ian G wrote:
>
>> Oh, one final thing:  remember the target market.
>>
>> It isn't us people who deal with newspapers, write
>> email all day, and play mozart.  It's people who
>> watch TV all day, and go to sports and worry
>> about which magazine one weight reduction to
>> buy.  A very different market to the technical
>> world.
>
>
> There is not only one target market. If you assume that
> there is, you disenfranchise anyone who wants a higher level
> of security that *can* be available to people who don't
> pay attention to what they are clicking on.


This is correct, however it is the target market
that is getting hit with phishing (well, that's an
assumption, I don't know whether it's true) and
also, it is the target market for Mozilla.  I don't
know what other browser manufacturers think.

iang

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