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Hot take: Catching a shady link by checking where it really goes
I stopped a data leak by hovering over a download button to see the actual file source before clicking.
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dakota_burns9613d agoMost Upvoted
Remember, hovering doesn't show every redirect.
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nathan_torres3413d ago
Ever been tricked by a link that looked legit but sent you somewhere weird? Last week I clicked on a supposed recipe blog link from a forum, and instead of cooking tips, it redirected through two ad pages before landing on a survey. My browser history showed a totally different domain than what I hovered over. It made me realize how easy it is to hide redirects. Now I double-check URLs before clicking, especially on sketchy sites.
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