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Safari doesn't make PayPal's list of recommended browsers because it doesn't have two important anti-phishing security features, according to Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer.
"Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to protect their customers," Barrett said in an interview. "Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 when it comes out, or Firefox 2 or Firefox 3, or indeed Opera."
Opera, IE, and Firefox are "safer, precisely because we think they are safer for the average consumer," he added. "I'd love to say that Safari was a safer browser, but at this point it isn't."
From the slam, Apple must have wanted money from Paypal transactions for them to have access to the browser api.
Good thing Opera and Firefox work on Apple's too... Hmm.
It's more clear that the $500 price tag to get an Extended Validation will make Paypal a more attractive option for small businesses doing e-commerce.
Disclaimer: Long time Firefox user. And I will factor in the green bar myself when I'm evaluating websites.
Owner edit: Fixed typo
And when they say firefox does it matter which OS its used on? also what about Camino?
Safari is also available for Windows. (Is IE6, 7 or 8 available for Mac? Er, no.) So in theory the userbase could be large.
[edited by: Hester at 3:59 pm (utc) on Mar. 19, 2008]
