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ButlerianJihad • today at 12:20 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Now, please present a list of these to your grandmother, and ask her which ones are phishing, and which are legitimately from the government.

Now, present the same list to an I.T. professional with the same questions. Perhaps make sure they are not carrying any weapons before you try.

This is just one reason why visual inspection of URLs and "hover over this link" haven't been useful defenses for a long time.


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glenstein • today at 2:28 PM

The author of the article isn't advocating for using these domains for trusted services.

jareklupinski • today at 12:52 PM

my grandmother used her offline-only computer for solitaire

what are grandmothers even doing on the internet, theres dangerous viruses and worms on there!

is there any other medium where the range of participants in the pool goes from "55 year career professional" to "hardened criminal" to "kindly grandmother"