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5 things you should know about email unsubscribe links

sophos-naked-securityHere’s a popular article that I wrote on email security for Sophos’ “Naked Security” blog.

5 things you should know about email unsubscribe links before you click” starts with:

We all get emails we don’t want, and cleaning them up can be as easy as clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of the email. However, some of those handy little links can cause more trouble than they solve. You may end up giving the sender a lot of information about you, or even an opportunity to infect you with malware.

Read the whole article here.