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You left out the /s tag. People don't read that bit.

/s tag?

Peope do read, if the email is short

They only read what they need to finish what they are currently trying to do, which in this case is the code they need to log in.
I know from experience that well designed messages with secure code are very understandable and make it virtually impossible to miss the warning.

On what grounds you say people dont read? Any evidence?

> I know from experience that well designed messages with secure code are very understandable

This premise seems flawed.

How can you possibly know from experience that something is “very understandable” if the only brain you have is your own?

How do you anticipate how other people with brains different from yours are going to behave in situations of cognitive impairment or extreme stress, things that happen in the real world?

There are common properties of phycology shared by people. UI design and ergonomics rely on such properties. In psrticular, how people read text.

But I am speaking of myself only. From experience receiving well designed message comparing to the experience with badly designed messages.

I am a data point of evidence supporing my view. The opinion that "people don't read" is a complete speculation, without convincing evidence.

The real problem that many services simply not include the warning in the message.

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