PayPal Plans to Block Safari and Old Browsers
Posted: 2008-04-21 Under: Online Business
According to The New York Times PayPal, eBay Inc.‘s payment service and the frequent target of fraudsters, plans to block browsers that don’t include anti-phishing features from accessing its site.
Under PayPal’s plan, Apple Inc.‘s Safari would be banned completely, while only older versions of its rivals Microsoft Corp.‘s Internet Explorer and Mozilla Corp.‘s Firefox would be barred.
“This is a good move, if [PayPal] can get away with it,” said Avivah Litan, an analyst with Gartner Inc.
PayPal spelled out the idea in a paper released at last week’s RSA Conference. “It’s critical to not only warn users about unsafe browsers, but also to disallow older and insecure browsers,” said Michael Barrett, PayPal’s chief information security officer, in the paper. “Letting users view the PayPal site on one of these browsers is equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seatbelts.”
Does this spell the end for older insecure browsers? Read the The New York Times Article.
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