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These are exactly the kind of campaigns that studies show not to be effective (or even paradoxically ineffective). "Effective" doesn't mean "manages to successfully phish" (you'll always eventually be successful); it means reducing the likelihood that concerted attacks will be successful.

The actual response to phishing is to use authentication mechanisms that resist phishing.



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