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At Rad Web Hosting, we’re making concerted efforts in getting to know our clients on a more personal level (with their explicit consent, of course).

Now, we’d like to take things a little further and discuss a ‘Safe Word’ to use during our future interactions..

What’s a Safe Word?

A safe word is a predefined term between two parties that can provide additional safety for one or both parties during their interactions.

“My safe word is for me and my significant other…”

Of course, you should maintain any active safe words you have arranged with any third-parties.

We’re not interested in their leftovers, let’ s take this to the next step and designate a completely unique safe word that can be just between us!

Phishing: When Your Inbox Gets a Little Too… Forward

Phishing emails have gotten bold.
Really bold.

These days, scammers will slip into your inbox pretending to be:

Your hosting provider
Your bank
Your accountant
Your great-aunt Sheila
Your great-aunt Sheila pretending to be your hosting provider

They forge headers, copy logos, mimic notification templates—
It’s practically identity theft cosplay at this point.

And even seasoned tech-savvy users get fooled because the emails look legit.

That’s why Rad Web Hosting offers something better than spam filters, SPF records, DKIM signatures, or hoping your intuition is in a good mood that day.

We offer a Safe Word.

Wait, a Safe Word?… in My Hosting Account?

Yes.
And trust us—it’s much less awkward than it sounds.

Inside your Rad Web Hosting account is a feature called Anti-Phishing Phrase. This lets you choose a custom phrase—your own private “Safe Word”—that will be automatically prepended to the top of every email we send you.

That means:

Billing notifications
Support replies
Security alerts
Service reminders
Account updates

Every. Single. One.

Will begin with your custom Safe Word, such as:

[PINEAPPLE] Your invoice is ready
[UNICORN-LASER] Support replied to your ticket
[TURTLEPOWER] Your server rebooted
[DON’T-PANIC] Security alert inside your account

You’ll immediately know:

The email really came from us
The message wasn’t spoofed
Your account is safer
And yes—you selected one incredibly memorable safe word

How This Protects You

Phishing works by impersonation. Scammers try to look legitimate.

But they can’t guess your private prefix.

Your anti-phishing safe word acts like a secret handshake—simple, fast, and extremely effective.

If you receive an email claiming to be from Rad Web Hosting without your Safe Word at the top?

🚨 Stop. Don’t click anything.
It’s almost certainly a fake.

If your Safe Word is there?

👍 You’re good. It’s authentic.

Choosing Your Safe Word: Make It Fun. Make It Memorable.

This is where you can let your creativity shine. Some fan-favorite ideas:

SPICYMEATBALL
BEARD-NINJA
NOT-TODAY-SCAMMER
MOM-SAYS-IM-SMART
THE-ONE-TRUE-HOSTING-PROVIDER

Just keep it clean(ish)… or don’t. We’re not here to kink-shame your security preferences.

How to Set Your Anti-Phishing Safe Word

Log into your Rad Web Hosting client area
Navigate to Security Settings
Click Anti-Phishing Phrase
Enter your custom safe word
Save changes
Enjoy inbox peace of mind from this point forward ❤️

Your Inbox Deserves Better Protection

Think of your anti-phishing safe word as a little secret between us—
A phrase only you and Rad Web Hosting use to communicate securely.

It’s simple.
It’s powerful.
It prevents scammers from getting frisky with your inbox.

Seeo…

What’s your safe word?

Don’t have one picked out, yet? Scroll to the bottom to generate the perfect Safe Word for your next dangerous encounter or anti-phishing protection!

Safe Word Generator

Choose a Style Choose Length

What’s next?

Next, you should sign into your Hosting Dashboard and setup your Anti-Phishing code to protect your inbox from tricksters who would gladly have you enter your credentials into their spoofed landing page, disguised as the Dominos Tracker. By integrating the pizza tracker interface, they’ve effectively taken further cover under the psychological effects of pizza.

How to Enable Your Anti-Phishing Security Phrase

Log in to your Client Area.
Navigate to Security Settings → Anti-Phishing.
Tick the box “Enable my anti-phishing phrase”
Enter your personal security phrase (visible only to you).
Save your changes.

Enable anti-phishing security phrase — Enabling your anti-phishing security phrase is simple, quick, and easy process and adds tremendous security benefits.

That’s it! From then on, your phrase will appear at the top (below header, above email content) of every legitimate Rad Web Hosting system email.

Example of email depicting anti-phishing code, indicating the email is indeed a legitimate communication from our systems. — Here is an example of an email depicting anti-phishing phrase, indicating the email is indeed a legitimate communication from our systems.

View anti-phishing code on mobile email client — View the anti-phishing code in your mobile email client to verify the legitimacy of the mail

If you receive an email that doesn’t display your personal security phrase, or looks suspicious in any way, it’s best-practice not to open until further verification can be made.

In case you have opened it, do not click on any links or attachments.