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Idea #10734: better "nonsecure login warning" in Firefox



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Written by uaneme the 5 Jul 08 at 06:36. Category: Security.
Related to: Firefox. Status: New
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If you are on an insecure site (non https) then and log in. Then there is no warning.

I think they should look for login / password fields in a html

and IF
one of those is there, then go RED on EVERY "http only" url.

still not perfect, but much more effective in warning about non secure logins. Tho it might just be enough to reduce the number of ID thefts by phishing logins..

Again, this is not a perfect solution but this might be the start of a better warning in Firefox.

I think User and Login fields in a should be special fields, if you name them Name / Password or anything else then the dont get detected in this idea. And also a sneaky .gif or .jpg could mask the word User and Login. But i leave that up to the devs to solve. (or anyone here with a bright idea...)

this idea came to mind after reading sancho panza's idea
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10632/

It's not a dupe, but very close related to it.
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