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by _jal 2150 days ago
FWIW, this is actually quantifiable. We contract with a firm that tests employees' response to spear phishing about once a quarter with varying degrees of "difficulty". Part of an overall scheme that also identifies people who blindly click on things for, uh, further email education.
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I'd love to know if you have any data to show if that "further email education" makes any difference in future behaviour...

The cynic in me reckons "Hell no! Those sorts of people are way too often _proud_ of their zero-thought blind clicking and lack of understanding of how things work"...