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Re:Should Failing Phish Tests Be a Fireable Offense? by goguy on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:56PM (#20045977)
The fact you visited the link would let them know that company x has an current employee named y.

Whilst that information might not be sensitive it could be used at a later date to extract sensitive company information.

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Re:Should Failing Phish Tests Be a Fireable Offense? by thrower123 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:06PM (#20046647)
They could also look you up on LinkedIn.

There should be a line drawn between real security-conscious workplaces, and the kind of self-important chickenshit places that seem to delight in playing games and harassing their employees with this kind of thing.

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