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Troy Hunt Gets Phished

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Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2025-04-04

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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This piece discusses the pervasive risk of phishing and the weaknesses of unauthenticated, ungated channels (email, SMS, messaging apps), noting how subtle urgency cues enable effective social engineering and how automated tools like password managers can behave unpredictably based on hidden inputs. It advocates mitigation by segregation, careful inspection of message headers, and user-visible cues to support cautious verification over speed.

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