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  1. rugk (rugk@social.wiuwiu.de)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2019 07:02:54 EDT rugk rugk

    @Dee @DashEquals BTW, it's also worse in #gmail case, because dots don't matter for their mail addresses. 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 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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