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88. Email Workshop: Priority - Dodge Phishers

Published on: Nov 7, 2025

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Today's priority for our email workshop is learning how to dodge the phishers. Too often the only advice we hear is: don't click the wrong thing. While true, that also means living in a state of what Mad-Eye Moody calls constant vigilance! That sounds exhausting.

The real problem is that email was never designed with strong safeguards against impersonation. I still remember, as a teenager, emailing my friends - pretending to be Santa. Email has gotten better in the last 30 years, but not by much.

In the workshop, you ll learn two extra layers of phishing protection that almost nobody uses. First, use a unique email address for with each website that sends you email. I'll show you how to make this simple.

Second, only allow approved senders into your inbox. This provides a specific trigger to raise your caution level when it's needed the most.

Join me if you're ready to stop being an easy phish to catch.

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