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Discuss “Online game teaches users about the threats of phishing”

Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon Usable Privacy and Security (CUPS) Laboratory have recently released the first field test for Anti-Phishing Phil (APP), an online game that teaches users to identify dangerous websites and practice safer Internet surfing.

Phishing is a term used to describe criminal websites that pretend to be other, legitimate websites, such as eBay or PayPal, in order to obtain people’s personal information.

Possession of this information could lead to further criminal activity.

A “phisher,” for instance, might set up a website that looks like the website of the Bank of America to trick visitors into entering their bank account numbers and pins.

The phisher could then use this information to access the visitor’s...

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