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I don't really understand your general safety principle. Do you use an e-mail program that doesn't show where a link goes on hover? If you can see that the link points to the expected domain, in this case stackoverflow.com, is there any reason to trust it less than if you find the link on their page after having manually typed stackoverflow.com in your browser? Or do you not click on links in general?
modified 13-Sep-18 21:01pm.
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Yeah it’s a good point that if you see the link then you should know where it goes.
It’s just more about the fact that all these GDPR email are coming suddenly and unexpectedly.
If I request an email like signing up for it from CP then I figure the links are ok.
Also, I often get email from sites that want me to take a survey -- my bank has done this -- and then the link is from a completely different site (the survey site I guess).
So since I do not know I have trained myself to simply not click any email links.
I usually go to the site and try to search for the thing they wanted me to check out, but they often make that impossible to do.
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Yup. Every modern browser shows the link destination on status bar. And we can always right click and copy link to have a better look if it's leads to a trustworthy website.
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As the previous person said, links are fine as long as you can tell where it is going.
Surely you click on password reset links, right?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Yeah it’s a good point that if you see the link then you should know where it goes.
It’s just more about the fact that all these GDPR email are coming suddenly.
Of course an email reset email you have recently requested and are expecting it. These other ones come randomly and expect you to click a link.
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011111100010 wrote: Surely you click on password reset links, right?
Very rarely these days.
Usually, the email has a code to type into a web page you've already seen.
Or better, the code is sent via SMS to my phone.
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The best part of all these GDPR updates is that they mostly have unsubscribe links!
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"Qulatiy is Job #1"
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Is defaced when you are banned from social media?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That would be a closed book to me.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Yes, that's what happens when you behave like a twit and they throw the book at you. If you have more pinterest in the subject, I suggest you find a scholarly article on the subject and reddit. You may stumbleupon some interesting information that might make for delicious reading. Alternatively, you may not digg it.
/ravi
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If we pretend it's a contest, you win.
The answer to OG the OP's question is: "Blessing In Disguise" is the proper description.
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Well, get right on that. Wiki- wiki.
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There is some incredible detail in that image. I really wish it was in color though.
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It's a Dance Macabre of two skeletons 
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I used to think WCF XML configurations were hell until i started working with SSAS MDX queries. How on earth am i going to understand this weird syntax 
Is this even a syntax??
modified 24-May-18 9:13am.
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I will up the ante with a single (curse) word:
DCOM.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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DCOM: Disney Channel Original Movies.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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If only it were that innocent... 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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They do have a Princess Protection Program[^]. You can try to enroll.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: You can try to enroll
Why? I am neither a princess, nor do I require protection. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I see you a DCOM, and raise you a JCL.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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My ignorance protects me from what I suppose would be a lethal mind attack.
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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