Originally Posted by empedocles
Alas, you are too new of a poster to realize the history FT has with password scamming and parody websites, among other things..
Oh please, does your post count on this site matter to the amount of work I've done elsewhere? Post count does not matter, as I've said in another post on this site in another area.
Originally Posted by empedocles
It is a real concern to FT members, as it has happened in the past...
So? it happens on Every website that does not enforce key based logins, are you saying that Flyertalk should offer bank type security?
Originally Posted by empedocles
In reality, after pondering the situation, I suspect I know that this is. I believe it is a parody website set up many years ago by an individual who was against the Save SkyMiles movement. Since the Save Skymiles era is over, it seem the individual in question has made it a front end to FT.
It happens with banks daily and many other websites, if you look at the DNS registried daily, you would see that the majority of those are mispelt (and for what reasons)
Unless you are going to issue RSA keys or alike you are on a loosing battle, the fact is, I could open
www.flyertalk.cz (for example) and make it look the the same and there is little that could be done for months, and little legal process to get it removed for the same period.
The fact is scamming is part of the internet, calling out, call the sky is falling, but it will happen over and over, month on end and it is up to the users to make sure they enter the correct URL.
The simple way would be for Flyertalk to go secure Https and get a certificate, making every load the Certificate on entry.
End of the day, you will suffer this for years on end