PayPal against Safari

A popular web browser Safari has gained its fame owing to the growing popularity of Apple computers, iPod Touch, and iPhone. The popularity of Safari can be confirmed by the fact that last year even Windows version of the browser was released as a public beta that undoubtedly will only increase the achieved fame. But there is an interesting detail: if you use PayPal payment system you need to switch browsers.

The thing is that PayPal considers this browser not safe one and recommend not to use it as  this web browser lacks two important anti-phising security features: a built-in phishing filter that warns users of suspicious websites and  support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates. In IE 7, this feature turns the address bar green when the browser visits a legitimate site.

According to the words of Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer safari possesses only one security support - SSL.

Aynny, reporter of Ecommerce Journal