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tudorw
on July 21, 2014
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Be aware of phishing at airbnb
Perhaps Gmail et al could have something a bit more pro-active to detect this kind of bait and switch, so if an address has been used a number of times, then a small variation on that address is seen, then steps are taken to warn the user.
userbinator
on July 21, 2014
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A lot of people have emails on multiple domains that often forward to each other; I feel doing this is going to cause a lot of false positives.
hnha
on July 21, 2014
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I would prefer mail providers not snooping into my mail, thank you very much.
iancarroll
on July 21, 2014
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There's already sophisticated software running that scans your email for spam, I imagine this would be another (complex) rule.
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