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Can you explain here, why it is bad idea to send URLs in emails?

• LaikaF 12y ago
  It gets people used to clicking URLs in emails. This is a bad habit.
  • ptaffs 12y ago
    if people really cared, they'd follow The Rules. How many other conveniences do we drop? I rarely click links in e-mail, but my non-technical eternally trusting-of-strangers friends will always be tricked into doing stupid stuff. If it's not links in e-mail, it's pop-up-windows, or salesmen with extended warranty.
    • pessimizer 12y ago
      Ignorant people aren't fungible, they're people. The more idiot proof you make things, the more idiots you save - it isn't binary. >How many other conveniences do we drop? We evaluate them on a case by case basis, because we're thoughtful people.
• e40 12y ago
  Phishing. And a comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8243227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8243227