Safari has a dangerous security issue

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7158394
by ozzzy • 12 years ago
1 1 12 years ago

Most bank websites (at least in Turkey) open a popup window to get your credentials. I realized there is no way to tell if HTTPS is used if you use Safari.

Here are some screenshots: http://i.imgur.com/71G2Z.png http://i.imgur.com/vHQEa.png

This is very dangerous since it is not very hard to use mitm attacks to redirect user to a similar unsecure website.

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