Which social brands can be spoofed in email?
Social platforms send notification emails by the billion, which makes them an attractive impersonation target (a fake 'someone tagged you' email gets clicks). The big platforms enforce DMARC heavily; the smaller / newer ones lag.
Spoofable
1 (10%)
No DMARC, or DMARC at p=none. Anyone can send from these domains.
Partial protection
1 (10%)
DMARC at p=quarantine, or p=reject with pct<100. Spoofed mail may slip through.
Not practically spoofable
8 (80%)
DMARC p=reject pct=100 + SPF -all or DKIM. Spoofed mail rejected at SMTP.
| Brand | Domain | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | threads.net | Spoofable | See the math → |
| Mastodon | joinmastodon.org | Maybe | See the math → |
| Discord | discord.com | Protected | See the math → |
| linkedin.com | Protected | See the math → | |
| pinterest.com | Protected | See the math → | |
| Quora | quora.com | Protected | See the math → |
| reddit.com | Protected | See the math → | |
| Substack | substack.com | Protected | See the math → |
| TikTok | tiktok.com | Protected | See the math → |
| Twitter / X | x.com | Protected | See the math → |
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What does "spoofable" actually mean?
A domain is spoofable when a third party can send mail FROM addresses at that domain (e.g. [email protected]) and have it land in inboxes. The mechanism that prevents this is DMARC enforcement combined with SPF and DKIM. Without all three, receivers have no policy to apply against unauthorised senders.
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