April 21, 2008

Some browsers to be blocked by PayPal

In an attempt to prevent online fraud and other security issues, the online payment processing business PayPal will introducing browser blocking this would prevent that user from accessing the PayPal website.

This will not be a complete shutout for PayPal users because they will be getting a warning first, it will be something like a warning at first, saying that the browser that they are using is unsafe and may be blocked in the future.

However this should not really come as surprise as PayPal have said that there are some users of the system who are still using Internet Explorer Three and Four. These browsers are unsafe and could be open to attacks from Phishing and other attacks.

This could be the beginning of many similar sites taking this type of action in order to protect their customer’s security.

Source [BBC News]