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Use plaintext email https://useplaintext.email https://useplaintext.email https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20513987 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2

• eli 5y ago
  Would that have helped here? Wasn't the problem in clicking the link?
  • miles 5y ago
    Assuming the messages were delivered via email, plain text offers the distinct advantage of non-obfuscated links. More on the same theme: The only safe email is text-only email https://theconversation.com/the-only-safe-email-is-text-only-email-81434 https://theconversation.com/the-only-safe-email-is-text-only... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199
    • hsbauauvhabzb 5y ago
      What if the link contains a spelling mistake your brain is trained to overlook naturallly?
      • eli 5y ago
        Or it’s a legitimate link apparently from someone you trust to a site you haven’t visited before? Or to a site you trust but was compromised? These were very sophisticated attackers.
• sbuk 5y ago
  Doesn’t help if the mail client detects URLs and presents them as links, like a majority of mail apps do. Seeing the link won’t stop end users from clicking it if it’s blue and underlined, and the slightly cleverer copy and paste. The best bet it to rewrite links and parse the through a proxy that scans them on click. It’s a shame free mail services don’t do this. The only one I think offers this is Outlook.
  • throwawayboise 5y ago
    > The best bet it to rewrite links and parse the through a proxy that scans them on click. Sure if you want the proxy provider to know all the links you're clicking on.