Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

Re:Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop p... by rickdeaconx on Monday March 06, 2017 @02:37PM (#13805383)

Thanks! We're working on device support across the board, improved privacy scoring, and toying with the idea of adding Google's Perspective - https://www.perspectiveapi.com.

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Re:Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop p... by Cowicide on Monday March 06, 2017 @03:26PM (#13805778)

Apple Safari support in the future? Also, if I'm using a self-updating malware blocklist within extensions such as Ablock Plus, how would Apozy do better than that to prevent phishing?

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Re:Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop p... by rickdeaconx on Monday March 06, 2017 @03:32PM (#13805838)

Safari will definitely be up soon.

The reason why we're better at that than an AdBlock is because we use a whitelist approach. When using a whitelist, all the newest sites and attacks are blocked by default. AdBlock will always be slightly behind on that. Additionally, AdBlock won't protect you from inputting your credentials into a phishing site if you somehow end up on a bad site. As a side benefit, since we don't scan the DOM, we don't slow anything down!

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