[ NNSquad ] McAfee, Trust Guard certifications can make websites *less* safe

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

McAfee, Trust Guard certifications can make websites *less* safe

http://j.mp/OaLi5z  (ars technica)

   "That's because a design flaw in the service, and in competing services
    offered by Trust Guard and others, makes it easy to discover in almost
    real time when a customer has had the seal revoked. A revocation is a
    either a sign the site has failed to pay its bill, has been
    inaccessible for a sustained period of time, or most crucially, is no
    longer able to pass the daily security test."

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Yep.

--Lauren--
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