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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 11 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago) (1 children)
[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

A very good service by DIE PARTEI

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

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 55 minutes ago
[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago

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

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 6 points 3 hours ago
[–] Illogicalbit@lemmy.world 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 18 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Firefox is not playing around

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 6 minutes 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

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

this got me rickrolled (after so long)

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 7 hours ago
[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 44 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

Sketchy dark pattern ads

Love the concept, though.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 37 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] bonn2@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 hours ago

For a fee, probably

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)
[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 56 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Looks like it got too creepy for its own good.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 16 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours 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 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] myserverisdown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Pretty sure its under a more info dropdown

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 78 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cm0002@infosec.pub 57 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

listen here, you little shit

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 32 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] lukalix98@programming.dev 16 points 10 hours ago

Jokes on you I saw the ad first.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 5 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 41 points 12 hours ago

alive internet theory

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 35 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)
[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 8 points 9 hours ago
[–] shininghero@pawb.social 31 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago

This is so funny and useless, I love it

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 16 points 12 hours 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.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 11 hours ago

I used to run a public link shortener. Once the scammers catch wind and add it to their rotation all bets are off. I got inundated with reports and my standing with my web host would have been at risk as well (long story). I now use Shlink on those domains lol.

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I gotta stop trying these out. The other day something to the tune of hot-singles.xxx autofilled in my phone browser the other day and I was so confused.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You only bang married couples or what?

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Well, my wife and I are a married couple, so, yes?

[–] angband@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago
[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've never understood the URL shortener idea. It's like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you're going to fudge into next.

[–] wunami@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it's printed on an ad or poster or something.

Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.

[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah I get the idea in that since. It's just that you are putting a lot of trust in the source. But I guess that's the same with qr codes but at least you get to see the destination in your camera view.