Do not trust your browser's status bar
Many people rely on the status bar for checking the destination of links, but it has been proven before that it is easy to falsify.
Many people rely on the status bar for checking the destination of links, but it has been proven before that it is easy to falsify.
Here are some examples:
Not the US Army: https://www.army.mil/
"Download Google SafetyFirst software": https://www.google.com/safetyfirst.exe
Not HSBC: https://www.hsbc.com
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