URL sharing security tips... (was: [no subject])

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Yo, homey, in case you don' be listenin', Courtney Seith done said:
> http://bit.ly/ao8ZRH

Okay, security 101 these days...

* Several people around here have been compromised by viruses in the past.
  Email from list members is not to be trusted as 100% safe, or as
  necessarily from a "trusted" source, even if the address matches one.

* Given the first point, use of URL shorteners is ill-advised.  Following
  shortened URLs is even less advised.  You never know what you're getting
  until you get there.

An email from even a "known" party, with -no- subject and with only a
shortened URL?  That sets off alarm bells and raises red flags.  There may
be a klaxxon siren screaming as well.

mark->
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