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Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing

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March 18, 2010
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Twitter Becomes More Proactive About Phishing
Twitter recently introduced its own anti-phishing service designed to protect its users from these types of attacks. Read my take on what it does and how effective it will be. - Ian Paul, PCWorld
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