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[Neon]

Google's anti-phishing technology will make it to the trunk Mozilla code for the popular Firefox browser, and the company has confirmed some type of anti-phishing technology would be included with Firefox 2.0, according to press reports Thursday.

The second version of the alternative browser is scheduled for the third quarter of this year, close to the expected release of Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft has also added its own anti-phishing technology to IE 7, promoting it as one of the most significant additions to the market leading browser.

Technologies to combat phishing are already included in Netscape and Opera 8. Building such capabilities into Web browsers is both an effort to curb the rapidly increasing number of attacks, as well as a natural extension of the fight itself.

Most phishing attacks, which involve the stealing of usernames, passwords and confidential information, occur on the Web. Thus, building technology into Web browsers makes sense, say experts.

Mozilla has not yet committed on how it would incorporate Google's technology, or if it would use the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine's implementation at all.

Is it me or is Google friendly with a lot of Open-source/Non-MS people?

[theman]

Well they do provide support for people with IE7, you can add their search engine to the upper right hand search bar.

[Neon]

This is on about the Phishing filter not the search option.

[theman]

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Is it me or is Google friendly with a lot of Open-source/Non-MS people?

That part, lol. I think they are friendly with MS on -some- terms at least. Lots of their software is only compatible with Windows too. As for the phishing filter, that's awesome that they're incorperating it..it would be great if Google used the phishing data found from Gmail and used that in the filter, I wonder if they will.

[Neon]

You never know

Microsoft are combining a lot with Windows Live stuff, Google will no doubt be forced to do the same.