http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/fake-or-not-what-does-safe-look-like-online News, tips and updates from the GetSafeOnline.org team Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/fake-or-not-what-does-safe-look-like-online/comment-page-1#comment-459018 44 Blogs with Good Advice About Protecting Personal Info on the Web | IdentityTheftProtection.net Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:57:00 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=562#comment-459018 [...] Get Safe Online: This blog post shares how scammers use fake sites to obtain your information. The post also gives readers several signs to look for when deciding whether a site is real or fake. [...] [...] Get Safe Online: This blog post shares how scammers use fake sites to obtain your information. The post also gives readers several signs to look for when deciding whether a site is real or fake. [...]

]]> http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/fake-or-not-what-does-safe-look-like-online/comment-page-1#comment-458992 Joseph A'Deo Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:02:11 +0000 http://www.getsafeonlineblog.org/?p=562#comment-458992 As an employee of VeriSign I appreciate the posting of this list; definitely all those P's are great indicators of trustworthiness or fakery. However, just a note that SSL, EV or not, is certainly not the only way to tell if a site is legit; our VeriSign Trust Seal, for example, was designed specifically for sites that don't need encryption (medical & legal sites, and vendors who use 3rd party shopping carts), but it still provides authentication and malware scanning. Looking for symbols is essential, but it's also important to know what's under the hood of those symbols to protect you. As an employee of VeriSign I appreciate the posting of this list; definitely all those P’s are great indicators of trustworthiness or fakery. However, just a note that SSL, EV or not, is certainly not the only way to tell if a site is legit; our VeriSign Trust Seal, for example, was designed specifically for sites that don’t need encryption (medical & legal sites, and vendors who use 3rd party shopping carts), but it still provides authentication and malware scanning. Looking for symbols is essential, but it’s also important to know what’s under the hood of those symbols to protect you.

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