Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> this mail was/is legitimate, and is part of the G1G1 launch >> starting tomorrow. the links go through a redirector so that >> OLPC can see statistics on click-through responses. >> >> i understand completely why it made you nervous, however. we'll >> consult with our mailing partner to find out what we can do about >> the URLs in future mailings.
I'm sorry, if I get an e-mail with visible links to amazon.com/xo and the hidden version not coming from the amazon.com domain I will delete first and ask questions later. This trick is *exactly* what phishing and identity theft spammers do. I certainly would not forward such a message to anyone without verification of its validity. If the links were instead to some scrambled URL in same domain, e.g. laptop.org, that would at least indicate that the link gibberish is likely valid since it is in the same domain as the link claims to be. --Chris _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel