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It's Not Safe to Click Links on X (lifehacker.com)

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As noted by security researcher Will Dormann, some posts on X purport to lead to a legitimate website, but actually redirect somewhere else. In Dormann's example, an advertisement posted by a verified X user claims to lead to forbes.com. When Dormann clicks the link, however, it takes him to a different link to open a Telegram channel that is, "helping individuals earn maximum profit in the crypto market," he said. In short, the "Forbes" link leads to crypto spam

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Would be interesting to know whether this was possible using the old preview system, and we didn't see it until now, or whether it's something that arose as a result of the link preview overhaul that they did not that long ago.

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