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		eh9 on Sept 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spa... I’ve honestly been wondering if IT has started testing my personal email account to make sure I don’t fall for fishing scams.

nikau on Sept 24, 2021 [–]

Multiple previous companies I've worked for have done phishing tests run by 3rd parties.

Fortunately they typically set a "X-phishing-testing" type header so you can make a rule to get rid of them automatically.

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