iPhone 3.0: Mobile Safari to get Anti-Phishing, Auto Fill
Apple has gotten some much-deserved heat in the past for not adapting anti-phishing measures into their Safari browser. Phishing is when “bad guys” make look-alike websites and try to trick users into entering personal data like passwords or credit cards numbers, so they can be used to break into user accounts or make fraudulent purchases. We’ve had some warnings about MobileMe phishing attacks in the past for example.
Safari 4 Beta on the desktop finally took steps to address this, and it looks like Apple is rolling the anti-phishing alerts out to Mobile Safari as well! As more and more people start using mobile browsers for banking, email, and other security-sensitive tasks, Apple can’t be too careful.
Also of note in the screen shot above is auto-fill. We’re guessing this works like the desktop, automatically entering common data in text fields like name, email address, etc. (Of course, the convenience comes at the expense of the very security mentioned above — balance your usage accordingly!)
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Yessss, the worlds best mobile browser just got better
Again, what is the new icon between the bluetooth and battery? Inquiring minds want to know!
@Viper that is the icon for Apple’s bluetooth headset.
Anti-phishing was including in Safari 3
damn so happy for this update i love watching haters find other reasons to hate the iphone
Did anybody else notice the “PLUG-INS” option. Can anybody say FLASH?????
This is a great feature. Right before the event I thought about auto -fill. I thought it was less likely to be a possible feature.
Maybe in mobile safari they can have some kind of ” top sites ” feature.
Also , I don’t think ppl should be banking / making purchase from a mobile device from jump.
@Delmaurio Walker:
Plugins is already in 2.2, no Flash hint there I’m afraid!
that Bluetooth headset icon looks like a peace pipe to me… Means your iPhone is high and to expect erratic behavior and probably has a serious case of the munchies
All joking aside auto fill is a great option. The more automated you can make it the less you have to type on this damn thing the better as far ad I am concerned. I think they prolly waited to perfect auto phishing before emplementing auto fill. The choice to roll them out together makes sense.
Mobile Safari for iPhone OS 3.0 also go native location support.
Point an iPhone/iTouch with 3.0 installed at http://people.rit.edu/~acjvks/wadfip/location/js/v1/
to see the new built in location capabilities of Mobile Safari.
I don’t see this feature as of OS 3.0 on AT&T.
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All I want to know is how do you fill out info for auto fill option? Tired of typing in my e-mail address over and over again, lol