Posts Tagged with ‘anti-phishing protection’

Gmail Is a Perfect Place for Phishers and Here Is the Proof

Svetlana Gladkova

Today there’s a very interesting story on The New Your Times blog that grabbed my attention because of its title - “Rumor Control: Why I Can’t Put “Tibet” in My Hotmail Address”. In the article David Gallagher references a reader who attempted to register an email address containing the word “Tibet” in it (it has something to do with his book about Tibet) on Hotmail but failed because the ID chosen contained “a word or phrase that is not allowed”.
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