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The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible (creepylink.com)
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[-] wunami@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

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 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yeah I get the idea in that sense. 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.

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