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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 118 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] cm0002@infosec.pub 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

listen here, you little shit

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Cm0002:

waltzes into chat about deceptive links

clicks a deceptive link

realizes they have been deceived

Cm0002: "No, it is the person who posted the deceptive link who is wrong".

[–] cm0002@infosec.pub 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lmao, it's less about the deception and more about where it led to 😂

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Its all good. I'm glad it came across as good natured ribbing, lol.

[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Jokes on you I saw the ad first.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

3/4 of screen space filled with ads, how do you live like this?

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[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Once you see the XcQ it's too late.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's true. If you recognize the URL enough to avoid it, then you've been rickrolled without even clicking it. Wirelessly brain rickrolled

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 85 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like it got too creepy for its own good.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Link shorteners and redirectors, especially new and lesser-known ones tend to get caught in the fray with things like Google Safe Browsing (which FF uses as well) and Smart Screen.

It's because the original/shortened link gets reported and not the real/destination site. Then the domain (of the shortener/redirector) gets flagged, instead of the real site.

This happened to me at work this very week, with a redirector service that's a part of our email security stack. FF and Chrome were both blocking links that were safe, because the redirector service itself was classified as sus.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Firefox on Android doesn't even have the "ignore" option :(

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[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Based on these ads, I do not trust the site anyway.

Sketchy dark pattern ads

Love the concept, though.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 64 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably the only ad ever to hit exactly and only the correct target demographic.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Doubtful. If you still have ads in 2026 you never valued your own time, software, or consent anyways.

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[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if it would be effective at blocking its own ads… 🤔

[–] bonn2@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

For a fee, probably

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

A very good service by DIE PARTEI

Of course it would be them. Love it. Thanks for the link!

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[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 45 points 1 month ago

alive internet theory

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
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[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Chaser@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely scary 😬 But link "shortener" may be the wrong name in this case

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think it purports to be a shortener, just a susener

[–] shininghero@pawb.social 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pfft, I got one with TODO_Obfuscate_URL. I wish I saved it.

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I totally believe this works, but there's no way I'm clicking on any of those links

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[–] Hupf@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Firefox is not playing around

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

My ISP, O₂CZ (who collaborates with an Israeli cybersecurity company to "protect" (and spy on) everyone with default DNS settings) also blocks this one

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

aaaaand rocketship 8========>

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago
[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

it would be quite something, if the links actually went to/through malicious sites...

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's why they have a report feature. No idea how well they moderate things tho.

Site seems best for gags with friends.

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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 10 points 1 month ago
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago
[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago
[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

This is so funny and useless, I love it

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