Phishing Emails Are Now More Convincing Than Ever, Often With The Help of AI. Email Links Often Aren’t Safe. Here's Why You Should Log In To Your Accounts Manually Every Time [Paid Subs]
Phishing emails have gotten scarily realistic. Even experts are falling for them. Here’s why we should treat all emails as alerts and never click the links, no matter how legit they look.
We can no longer trust links in many emails. We’ve taken that convenience for granted for far too long. I promise you that links in emails from Substack are safe, but the real point here is that we’ve become complacent to the convenience and stuck in routine. I would even ask you to treat emails about my blog posts as simply a heads up, and go to KevinTheTechGuy.Substack.com, or soon enough simply KevinTheTechGuy.ca in your browser to read my posts.
If you’d refer to read the full posts in your inbox, let me know. If there’s enough interest, I’ll do it.
When you’re well-rested and alert, you’re less likely to fall for them if you know what to look for, but we’re all human and have moments of vulnerability. Scammers know that, and the risk of being tricked have increased exponentially, especially with their use of AI.
There’s nothing to worry about when it comes to my emails, but it’s a bad habit in general.