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Originally Posted by webecedarian
If I were on a public computer, opened my email, moved the unopened attachments onto the desktop, and closed out my email - would it be safe to open the attachments to see what's in there?
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A previous user of the public computer might have had the same idea. And they might have downloaded and opened a malware attachment (say, a keystroke recorder). When you come along later and open your email, the previously loaded malware could capture your email userid and password.
(2FA could mitigate the risk, but I'd still be uncomfortable with some bad actor getting my email userid and password.)