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The confidence game here is the same as any other. 1> Google is a legit, law abiding, legal accountable entity 2> Because of (1), the download likely has the
by 001sky 12y ago
The confidence game here is the same as any other.
1> Google is a legit, law abiding, legal accountable entity
2> Because of (1), the download likely has the attributes associated with google, not more commonly with "bad guys"
3> The probability of google being spoofed is low enough to not empirically validate the premise or conclusion of (1)
4> Smart people therefore do dumb things as a result of (3)
5> Smart people doing dunmb things is a lucrative proposition, because smart people have money/wealth
- danielweber 12y agoSend it to their Gmail account. Tell them to download the attached file, which will "come from google.com."
- geofft 12y agoIt comes from https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com, so it's not super useful for the sort of attacks that this approach would be used for.