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I only "hover" before clicking on suspicious links in emails.

• bradwestness 14y ago
  Yeah, the hover trick is only recommended for looking at URLs in e-mails before clicking them (no sane client would execute JavaScript contained in an e-mail), but really you should just never click a link in an e-mail anyway and open up a new window and type in the URL of the website. Open a new browser window and type in PayPal.com rather than clicking any links in that "You need to update your information or your account will be shut down" e-mail. Once you're actually on PayPal.com (or whatever), looking at the hover URLs is pointless.
  • anonymfus 14y ago
    It's better to have trusted bookmarks than type any such URL because nobody can be sure to be smarter than fisher.
    • bradwestness 14y ago
      If you have a PayPal account, having a bookmark for PayPal is not any more secure than typing paypal.com into your browser's address bar.
      • anonymfus 14y ago
        What if I make mistake during typing? If typosquatting works then many people do such mistakes, why I must think that I am special?