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By Scott Orgera, About.com Guide to Web Browsers

Paypal Questions the Safety of Safari

Monday March 3, 2008

Safari lacks some of the anti-phishing features found in other major browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. Because of this, Paypal, the popular online payment processor, is recommending that its users stay away from the Apple browser when making any transactions. They may have a point. Not only is Safari missing any integrated phishing detection, but it also contains no support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates.

PC World's Robert McMillan explores the story further...

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