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ImPostingOnHNyesterday at 8:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Sure, in an ideal world different from this one. You should be able to do anything on any device and never worry about security.

Unfortunately, since we don't live in that world, we need to not open links, emails, text messages, etc, if they are sketchy.

A better solution may someday exist, but as of yet has not been found.


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kybernetikosyesterday at 8:23 PM

"Don't click on links" is not a solution, and it's not something people actually do, it's just something they think they do.

Corporate Security will tell you that it's ok to click links to the payroll system or hr or vanta or the 'secure email service' or jira or github or to docusign or the microsoft office document that a partner company sent you or an amazon delivery notification, but not ok to click links in the phishing email that looks exactly like one of those that they sent you.

It's not possible to tell whether a message giving you a link to something is 'sketchy' or not before clicking the link, and any 'security' that relies on people knowing whether a message is malicious or not by magic is broken in the real world.

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