npub1wvwg80jdgeak77kjp0wk96r3jh6k9jpy0mpdqrnarjp4uj5dzjsq68pghm (npub1wvw…pghm) fair enough, but we can easily provide them with step-by-step instructions. And we can tell our old ones that a popup that asks them something that they didn’t want/need/ask for is usually malicious and it’s usually safe to ignore - this kind of malware spreads by relying on users tapping OK on “Would you like x.y.z to send you notifications?” popups.
I had to teach my father the same lesson after his naive clicking “OK” on all the popups turned his Windows machine into a Petri dish of malware.
I don’t think that the problem lies with browser notifications themselves IMHO. Sure, they can be designed to be more secure and less invasive (see my PWA-only proposal), but a large part of today’s malware/annoyware issues can be solved by educating everyone on what permissions are, why apps or websites ask for them, and read/think twice before clicking OK on a popup.
Fabio Manganiello /
npub13u…dpvgs
2024-02-02 10:12:04
in reply to nevent1q…js5h
Author Public Key
npub13uunvh7djw9ep54nswkuxlneyee7ehcpc7e53t68krykrdeg6j4qrdpvgsSeen on
wss://relay.nostr.bandPublished at
2024-02-02 10:12:04Event JSON
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"content": "nostr:npub1wvwg80jdgeak77kjp0wk96r3jh6k9jpy0mpdqrnarjp4uj5dzjsq68pghm fair enough, but we can easily provide them with step-by-step instructions. And we can tell our old ones that a popup that asks them something that they didn’t want/need/ask for is usually malicious and it’s usually safe to ignore - this kind of malware spreads by relying on users tapping OK on “Would you like x.y.z to send you notifications?” popups.\n\nI had to teach my father the same lesson after his naive clicking “OK” on all the popups turned his Windows machine into a Petri dish of malware.\n\nI don’t think that the problem lies with browser notifications themselves IMHO. Sure, they can be designed to be more secure and less invasive (see my PWA-only proposal), but a large part of today’s malware/annoyware issues can be solved by educating everyone on what permissions are, why apps or websites ask for them, and read/think twice before clicking OK on a popup.",
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