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Phishing For Savvy Users
Recent "phishing" episodes, and two new browser vulnerabilities, show
how the bad guys are tricking people into exposing their passwords and
bank accounts. Couldn't happen to tech-savvy users, right? Unless you
consider how entire nations have been fooled.
By Scott Granneman Nov 01 2004 02:15PM PT

The art of faking out opponents in a clever, elegant, beautiful way is
one that I find fascinating, and I cherish examples of that art. When
looking through history for stories illustrating the deliberate use of
distractions to obfuscate an intended purpose, I often return to World
War II, which offers many such tales. 

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/274