When your security team's idea of "patching vulnerabilities" is literally cutting off the attack vector. Can't exploit what doesn't exist anymore, right? Just snip that pesky activation link clean off.
This is basically the physical embodiment of every "just disable the feature" security fix I've ever shipped under pressure. Sure, the phishing link can't work if users physically cannot click it. Problem solved, ticket closed, moving on.
10/10 would recommend this approach for your next penetration test report. "Mitigated all email-based attacks by removing email functionality."
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