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February 12, 2007
Master Gates
Yikers, Rikers. Bad news for TSC and anyone else who ever wanted to sell their schtuff online. Apparently the genuii over at Microsoft are updating Internet Explorer to stop phishing scams in a way that's going to be crazy detrimental to small business. Get this: now, web sites buy certificates and padlock icons to show they're legit. But, in an effort to deter those pesky spam-hounds and their ability to get around this system, Microsoft will now show a site's credibility through colored address bars: red = shady, green = secure.
Problem being -> Gates and the rest of his cell mates will require young biznesses (less than three years old) to pay more for certification and not give it at all to many sole proprietorships and LLCs and other smallwigs.
Ew!
Microsoft!
You bastards!
Time to get me a pushcart and start hawking my wares the olde way. Anyone need a scissor sharpen? Or should I say shiv?
Posted by Bree at February 12, 2007 10:17 AM