But surely it would help, no? If you can only access said online account from within this special environment, does it not make it harder for miscreants to craft such attacks? On Mar 26, 2010, at 10:10, Hari Kurup wrote:
> On 2010/03/26 8:58 AM, Paul Bagyenda wrote:- >> Bank hands out Ubuntu CDs to customers to help limit effects of spyware. >> >> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15815/can_ubuntu_save_online_banking > > Everyday I hear stories about how money was taken from people's accounts > as a result of social engineering aka phishing scams. > Ubuntu won't sort that. > > -- > Hari > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
