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Re:The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishin... by hobarrera on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @11:43AM (#13375212)
Probably not; the fake page can also prompt for the second factor and then quickly do the real authentication using that.
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Re:The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishin... by jdavis703 on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @02:11PM (#13376601)
This is why having a warning for non-HTTPs sites is so important: http://boingboing.net/2016/11/05/chrome-is-about-to-start-wa....
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Re:The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishin... by hobarrera on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @05:11PM (#13377956)
Yup, hopefully that would make a difference, though if we keep getting news like today's GoDaddy validation bug, this'll gradually lose value. :(
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Re:The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishin... by anchpop on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @08:03PM (#13379045)
I don't see how that would help here. Couldn't the phishing site have HTTPS?
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