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Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 09:50:40 -0400 From: Peter Thoenen <eol1@yahoo.com> To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> CC: Arcane Jill <arcanejill@ramonsky.com>, cryptography@metzdowd.com In-Reply-To: <20080502235056.2a12c91d@cs.columbia.edu> >> For an unproxied site, I get a small green window with my own choice >> of text in it (e.g. "Gmail" if I'm visiting https://mail.google.com). >> If a proxy were to insert itself in the middle, that window would >> turn yellow, and the message would change to "(untrusted)". >> > Assorted user studies suggest that most users do not notice the color > of random little windows in their browsers... Ja I have always wondered why the entire browser color scheme doesn't change ... granted users would just ignore it or complain it messes with their skins / schemes but still would be appreciated ... I myself hardly pay attention to the lock (its simply unobtrusive in a status bar full of other applets and addons) and I know better :) /me wonders if their is a security UI list --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com
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