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Re:Ask HN: Google Doc email virus? by ademarre on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:40PM (#14269876)
To be clear, I'm not criticizing Google. Just presenting an interesting piece of information that shows the approach they've taken on this type of phishing attack in the past.

Phishing is a hard problem, and any technical solution will only go so far. The main criticism I have with many OAuth authorization dialogs, not just Google's, is that they often don't show enough information for technical users to vet the authenticity of the app. It's like if a web browser didn't show the address bar.

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