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Improve HTTPS Security: Perspectives Extension for Firefox

Calendar Oct 20, 2008 • User Avatar Bill Locke
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Ah, cryptographic security: a boon to those who understand the algorithms, but all too often a lost cause to those who don't. The secure HTTPS protocol for Web surfing is widely accepted, but has one fatal flaw: users ignore certificate error warnings. A Firefox extension called Perspectives aims to close that security hole. What do you think about the Firefox extension called Perpsectives? I find it to report to many fail negatives.

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