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The article in today's report re/ credential phishing stated the victim is lured to click on an emailed link to visit a fake website . Would it not be a simple matter for an email client to display the link prior to the visit and to do so in multiple fonts as in some fonts l and I and 1 are similar in appearance so the potential victim can inspect the destination and confirm it is what he/she believes it to be ? to wit e.g. www.lBM.com and www.IBM.com and www.1BM.com can be differentiated also www.codeproject.com and www.c0depr0ject.com or WWW.CODEPROJECT.COM AND WWW.C0DEPROJECT.COM etc. . I seek your more knowledgeable opinion on this matter - Thank Y0u KindIy - Cheeri0
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It's one of those things you have to "show" your average "non-computer" person. Bookmarks, Tabs, Links, Flyouts, scripts, etc. are all mostly nonsense words.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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They who click on links in e-mails are going to click on links in e-mails no matter what you do.
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PaltryProgrammer wrote: Would it not be a simple matter for an email client to display the link...
I can't speak for all of them, but my email client shows the underlying URL by simply hovering over the link.
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"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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PaltryProgrammer wrote: Would it not be a simple matter for an email client to display the link prior to the visit
Gmail certainly displays the link at the bottom, I always check that for any email, even from people I know, before clicking anything. But then again, most people don't know this, I suspect.
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With Unicode character set, there are too many similar characters that all look alike to the human eye.
Never click a link in an email.
If it looks legitimate, you likely already have a favorite in your browser that will take you to the site.
modified 18-Feb-22 21:29pm.
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I figure that there are 2 possibilities:
- ATT could cut her off at any time, and either will do so when it gets around to it, or is just letting ex-subscribers continue for the time being
- ATT had silently moved its E-mail accounts to Yahoo, and she really has a Yahoo account, in which case, Yahoo will let her keep it indefinitely along with everyone else's Yahoo account
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Forwarding. A new "standard" doesn't always (completely) replace an existing one; it just keeps you from issuing a new something under the old one.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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There's probably a "grace period" where the ATT account still works, allowing you to notify others of your email change. That's helpful if you need to log in to an account where you can't remember the credentials, and they'll send you a link to the email address on file, for example.
Keep Calm and Carry On
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I've had my sbcglobal.net address for almost 10 years after cancelling my AT&T service. It's been handled by Yahoo for a very long time.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I had an sbcglobal.net email account (Dallas) that I thought finally got closed after about 10 years, but I just managed to log on to it. It was taken over by AT&T and is now on Yahoo! mail.
My wife still has an att.net email account about 9 years after moving.
I don't think your friend's account will disappear anytime soon.
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my mom still has her bellsouth.net email...
we had u-verse until September last year.
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IMO, ATT could screw up a bowling ball with a toothbrush, so go figure.
I'll never do business with them, as long as I live. 
ed
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I see a 7 digit number: 3452839, though the first and last digits are hard to see and I missed them on my first look.
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I had to do a double take because the 2 outside numbers are really faint and I'm blind in one eye and can't see with the other.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
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Mike Hankey wrote: I'm blind in one eye
Welcome to the world of the monocular. I fell year before last and ruptured my right eyeball. What's your story?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Cataracts, going in for surgery consult next month.
Not really blind but sight is getting worse quickly!
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I had my cataracts done December 2020, wow you cannot imagine what you have been missing.
Colours are so much more vivid and shapes are well defined and I can now drive at night without the oncoming cars blinding me by whiting out my vision.
They fitted lenses that matched my current or then current glasses prescription and I only put on my glasses to read the mobile phone.
modified 19-Feb-22 6:22am.
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Yeah I'm really looking forward to the surgery. My SO had it done a couple of years ago and it made a big difference for her.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Ditto
I also see a gold dress and hear "Yani"... 
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I see all 7 digits just fine 8452839.
Edit: ah, I lied. I mistook the first digit as an "8" but it is really a "3" disguising itself as an "8". 
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That is impressive I could only discern the inner 3 characters . May I please inquire the quality of your monitor - Cheerio
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27" Samsung S27R35x 1920 x 1080 display resolution.
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I did that, too. I would have sworn the first digit was an 8 until I looked a third or fourth time. It must have been, uh, my monitor. Yeah, that's the ticket, it was my monitor. 
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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