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USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks

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Re: USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks

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Post by that_guy_iain »

glennpratt wrote: post #66
that_guy_iain wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's because US cell phone networks refuse to implement basic authentication, Like other countries. > and because USA population has the most excess money to steal. No, it doesn't. Many other countries have a lot more wealth in their general population. There are many people in the US with higher salaries than other places however don't think they have the most excess money to steal. I think everyone is missing a m…

US is 15th in median wealth and it's population exceeds the 14 countries ahead combined. That's a big target. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe... Your question seems like a false dichotomy.

US is basically below the EU for wealth with a smaller population. Your response appears to be ignoring the basic facts. So while the US is a big target, targeting the EU on money and population wise would be better, yet they choose to focus on USPS because that converts well.

Since we can assume the US does not have as much disposal cash as the EU since they earn less yet have more wealth. They have less people than the EU. It's that USPS converts specifically well. It looks very likely the reason it's USPS is that folks from the US are very easy to trick.

While I understand it's unpleasing for US citizens to admit that their population is easier to trick. But if they improve their education and stop being so far down in the charts this might not be the case.

Re: USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks

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Post by Forbo »

SoftTalker wrote: post #49
lupire wrote: post #29

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Why not both? USPS is most prolific and polluting spam purveyor in the world.

Yeah one of the biggest (if not the biggest) sources of paper that I throw away is junk mail. I throw away bags of it every month, 98% of it unopened. The environmental impact of the paper, the printing, the fuel burned to deliver it, must dwarf the impact of the single-use plastic bags I get at the supermarket.

I wish they would ban mixed media envelopes. So sick of ripping off the plastic windows on junk mail so I can recycle it, it's a such a waste of time and resources.

Re: USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks

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Post by lupire »

gosub100 wrote: post #62
SoftTalker wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah one of the biggest (if not the biggest) sources of paper that I throw away is junk mail. I throw away bags of it every month, 98% of it unopened. The environmental impact of the paper, the printing, the fuel burned to deliver it, must dwarf the impact of the single-use plastic bags I get at the supermarket.

They get to send each house 30 lbs of crap per year at tremendous discount, but if you want to send a Christmas card to Grandma, you have to pay full price.

That's not true at all. It's class mail is delivered at extreme discount, subsidized by spam.

Re: USPS jumps to first place as most imitated brand in phishing attacks

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Post by lupire »

that_guy_iain wrote: post #71
glennpratt wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US is 15th in median wealth and it's population exceeds the 14 countries ahead combined. That's a big target. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe... Your question seems like a false dichotomy.

US is basically below the EU for wealth with a smaller population. Your response appears to be ignoring the basic facts. So while the US is a big target, targeting the EU on money and population wise would be better, yet they choose to focus on USPS because that converts well. Since we can assume the US does not have as much disposal cash as the EU since they earn less yet have more wealth. They have less people than…

What is EU's common language and postal service? I get a lot of email from European vendors, intended for Europeans who don't know their own email address, and that email is not all in the same language.

Anyway, US GDP is far in excess of EU GDP, for example. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/09/04/the-gdp...

You aren't doing your contintent-mates any favors with your flailing attempt to prove European intellectual superiority.

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