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A Simple New Tool Lets You Open Email Attachments Without Fear

A Simple New Tool Lets You Open Email Attachments Without Fear

A Simple New Tool Lets You Open Email Attachments Without Fear

Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer

March 12, 20206m 33s

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Opening email attachments from untrusted senders has long been one of the easiest ways to get hacked. But unlike other common security screw-ups—using "password" for your password, downloading pirated software from shady websites—there's no practical way for a modern human to avoid opening the occasional mystery-meat attachment. Now one technologist has produced a solution.

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