# Switch to Protonmail Reason #30: Confirm a destination before opening a suspicious email link

A link can display one name while sending you to a lookalike login page.

2026-09-09
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Switchboard Tech Services


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## Why this matters

A link can display one name while sending you to a lookalike login page. Privacy is easier to defend before this information is collected than after it has spread.

## The protection

Proton provides link-confirmation controls that make the destination harder to overlook.

## Take action

Read the destination carefully and navigate to important services yourself when in doubt. Email protection depends on the route and settings. Ordinary mail involving outside providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted, and email metadata is not universally hidden.

## Sources

[Proton Mail security checklist](https://proton.me/support/new-account-owner-security-checklist).

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Author: Switchboard Tech Services

Published: 2026-09-09T07:28:21+00:00

Description: Why confirm a destination before opening a suspicious email link matters for privacy and security.