Phishing Game Aims to Teach Online Safety Article

This post will be a short commentary about an article I read entitled "Phishing Game Aims to Teach Online Safety." Anti-Phishing Phil is a practical and effective method to raise awareness of phishing, which compromises a computer user's security. Phishing is a very wide spread problem with far-reaching implications for those affected by it. The purpose of the Anti-Phishing Phil game is to promote safe Web surfing.


After playing the Anti-Phishing Phil game I believe it is effective because before the game started it offered very valuable advice, like looking at the address bar to determine if the Web site is legitimate. I also liked how in between the rounds the game offered various anti-phishing tips. The message of the game was to be cognizant of which Web sites are legitimate and avoid sites that you may think are scams.