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  1. Tek resources? Yipe! (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 07-Apr-2018 19:58:16 UTC Tek resources? Yipe! Tek resources? Yipe!

    "The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user": https://jameshfisher.com/2018/04/07/the-dots-do-matter-how-to-scam-a-gmail-user

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    1. The dots do matter: how to scam a Gmail user
      from jameshfisher.com
      I recently received an email from Netflix which nearly caused caused me to add my card details to someone else’s Netflix account. Here I show that this is a new kind of phishing scam which is enabled by an obscure feature of Gmail called “the dots don’t matter”. I then argue that the dots do matter, and that this Gmail feature is in fact a misfeature. Finally I’ll suggest some ways the Gmail team can combat such scams in future. But first, I’ll show you the email:
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