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What was so bad about just following links from an e-mail to a website? Looks like this will be quite a boon to scammers. I wonder what creative uses they'll co
by megous 8y ago
What was so bad about just following links from an e-mail to a website? Looks like this will be quite a boon to scammers. I wonder what creative uses they'll come up with.
There are some ingrained expectations in people when it comes to e-mail that will now be violated, so there's a great opportunity to abuse this.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoAs difficult as it's been to get people to look for the correct URL in the address bar of a browser, a good number of people are (relatively) aware of basic steps to ensure they are not being phished. Not clicking on links in emails, and going to the sites directly is a common strategy. By default, most email clients hide the header information needed to determine whether or not an email came from the address it claims to, including Gmail. I suspect we're going to see a lot of phishing emails that ask you to input sensitive data right into your email.