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Troy Hunt analyzes a wave of phishing SMS messages pretending to be FedEx about parcel duties and taxes. He highlights seven red flags (typos, odd capitalization, suspicious domains, and URL tampering) and demonstrates how attackers can alter parameters in links to misdirect victims. The piece emphasizes verifying through official sources and reminds readers that AI-driven scams are increasing, necessitating both technical and human defenses.

The author argues it's okay to abandon side-projects and reframes failure as learning. He uses his Latvian quiz MVP to illustrate how the process yields skills and insight even when the end product isn't shipped, and advocates treating side-projects as throwaway prototypes to foster experimentation and avoid burnout.