Interesting and scary. Never click links in unexpected messages.
Katie
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It is sad and scary to realize we live in a world in which it is difficult to trust anyone or anything. Thanks for passing this along. I sent it to my family members.
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This brings up a question that I think of when people post links in this forum. How do any of us know that the links posted in here aren’t spam?
I had exactly that question in mind before clicking on the link above. However, I’ve grown to trust the participants on this forum. Obviously, bad actors can join, but I recognize the participants here and trust everyone I recognize. Obviously, I trust @KVZ. 
Agree. I wasn’t trying to imply that Katie or any of the regular posters in this forum are spammers. It was just a general question.
Oh, I know. I didn’t mean to suggest that you were. I was simply observing that when I saw the link, I thought to myself, “Should I click it?”
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I don’t post links to sites I haven’t visited myself. This particular one was in turn recommended by a very reputable tech analyst. I trust that regulars in any well-moderated forum do the same. Also, web browsing nowadays is far more secure because of our browsers, while email and messaging are the king and queen of phishing.
Katie
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I never doubted that or you. I hope you know I was only making a general statement, not related to you at all.
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That blog is from Matt Mullenweg, a founding developer of WordPress.
Even though one might question his actions in the “WordPress vs. WP Engine” drama, I wouldn’t think visiting his personal blog poses a (security/privacy/…) thread.
The things he mentioned (being called by “Apple”, and visiting a domain that’s not ending with .apple.com) are big red alerts though…
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