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Phishing is an attack vector promoted by email. Email clients should not create automatic hyperlinks from email content and email senders should not be providing links in the body of the email.

This is entirely a problem that should not be solved by breaking the web. This is basically an attempt by Google to insert itself between the primary connecting mechanism of the web and should be rejected wholesale.

The URL contains everything the user needs to determine the origin of the web site they are visiting. This doesn't provide users tools to ensure their safety only the illusion of safety.



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