Tell HN: Gmail flagged my Firefox account MFA email as “dangerous”
by JeremyNT on Hacker News.
I recently attempted to log into a new Firefox instance with my Firefox account. As expected, I received an email with a verification code from accounts@firefox.com to my gmail account as part of the login flow. This email was flagged by gmail. Above the body of the message, gmail inserted a scary looking red banner with the following text: This message seems dangerous
Similar messages were used to steal people’s personal information. Avoid clicking links, downloading attachments, or replying with personal information. A link with the text “Looks safe” was presented (which I did click). I made sure to check all the headers in the original message, and everything looked correct.