Browser oddities
Jun. 30th, 2008 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunsen_hThe Contata hotel had a "business center" with a few computers for use by guests, providing net access, the standard set of MS Office apps, etc. The machines had a customized interface which gave access to these tools, rather than just letting people start applications from the desktop.
I'd been intending to check my E-mail occasionally, but as I was logging in, I noticed something odd. Though the browser appeared to be a customized version of Internet Explorer, with the usual application window icon, what should have been a secure web page for log-in wasn't secure -- or at least it was showing the "not secure" icon. Then I noticed that the address bar was labelled "Aderss:".
I decided I didn't need to check my E-mail that badly. I'm cautious about public-access terminals in general. This one looked dodgier than I was comfortable with.
I'd been intending to check my E-mail occasionally, but as I was logging in, I noticed something odd. Though the browser appeared to be a customized version of Internet Explorer, with the usual application window icon, what should have been a secure web page for log-in wasn't secure -- or at least it was showing the "not secure" icon. Then I noticed that the address bar was labelled "Aderss:".
I decided I didn't need to check my E-mail that badly. I'm cautious about public-access terminals in general. This one looked dodgier than I was comfortable with.
