Ask HN: Anyone notice an increase in unsecure email unsubscribe links?

4 points by pard68 ↗ HN
Lately I have noticed that when I scroll to the bottom of an email and click unsubscribe, I pass through an "unsecure" (non HTTPS) server first and my browser prompts me to continue because it's potentially dangerous. Once I go through the one to two clicks to "proceed" I am rerouted to something that has a branded domain name and a valid cert.

Other links on the emails I have tested do not go through this insecure route first, just the unsubscribe links.

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Provide both links, hard to tell otherwise, it could be your network is MITM that request fir some reason.
i run under the assumption most of them are a honeypot anyway so i block the sender in my mail client and never even try unsubscribing