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

submitted 8 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 8 months ago

I don't even let my browser display embedded tweets anymore (via Privacy Badger). There are an odd amount of "news stories" that are just strings of embedded tweets.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 8 months ago

But the way, is it possible to hide the PrivacyBadger placeholder too?

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

There are a couple options for the Widget Replacement feature, but the easiest way to hide it is probably with a uBlock Origin filter.

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