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It is an arms race that will end poorly for everyone. Whatever the legit companies do to make their links work Good guys send out email links -> Bad guys star
by aaronax 2y ago
It is an arms race that will end poorly for everyone. Whatever the legit companies do to make their links work
Good guys send out email links -> Bad guys start sending out email links -> Security scanners start checking link contents
Good guys hide behind automatic POST -> Bad guys start hiding behind automatic POST -> Security scanners start checking behind automatic POST
Good guys hide behind button click (we are here) -> Bad guys start hiding behind button click -> Security scanners start checking behind button click
Good guys hide behind link that doesn't work until 10 minutes after sending -> ...
Good guys hide behind captcha -> ...
Good guys hide behind plain text code that has to be copy/pasted from email -> ...
Eventually the security scanners will be indistinguishable in function and intelligence from a human being.
Might as well just merge it with your personal AI assistant and it will do everything for you...including getting scammed by the bad guys.