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Urldefense.com : What's that?

Tessel75 -  
 Tessel75 -
Hello,
I received a letter from a very serious company that I know, with a link to access the documents they're sending me, but when I try to open it, Firefox tells me that I was redirected to "urldefense.com"; when I looked up what this site was, I found an answer saying that it would be an anti-phishing site; but how can I be sure?

Does anyone know this site? Is it really a trusted site? Or just another pirate?
Thank you for your responses.

Configuration: Windows / Firefox 98.0

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    choubaka Posted messages 5534 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   2 113
     
    Hello
    Be careful with unsolicited messages containing links to file downloads...
    Make sure the correspondent is really who they claim to be.

    --
    Chouba, Moderator / My job is so secret that I don't even know what I do.
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24869 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 171
       
      Hello,

      This is indeed an anti-phishing device that some companies subscribe to, but whose implications for privacy are debatable:

      https://blog.genma.fr/?Lutte-anti-phishing-par-urldefense-proofpoint

      A number of professionals, particularly in the legal field (lawyers, notaries...), prefer a system that forces the interlocutor to identify themselves during the first connection via a bot-proof device that prohibits direct communication, which also goes through a third-party platform, and which will remain "anonymous" as long as generalities unrelated to the case are addressed to this professional in this initial contact, except of course that it will be recorded that this professional has been contacted.
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      1. Tessel75 > brucine Posted messages 24869 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Thank you for the link. Very explanatory.
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  2. Tessel75
     
    It was indeed an expected message and expected documents as well; from this point of view, there is no problem, but I was surprised by the redirection to this site that I did not expect; that is why I am questioning the reliability of this site "urldefense.com".
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