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A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by djbusby »

plugin-baby wrote: post #58
ragebol wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same for MS Teams. Before, we used Google Meet, which produced 9-letter meeting IDs, that I would be able to remeber if I really wanted to. Teams just generates mile long URLs that encode more information than some of the meetings themselves in the worst case.

> URLs that encode more information than some of the meetings themselves in the worst case Sadly this is also possible with a 9-letter code.

I went to a government committee meeting, first one of the committee to get the ball rolling. 2+ hours of everyone introducing themselves, to folk who already know each other.

And we're adjourned. Next month we'll discuss the rules of governance for the committee.

That's two of the total 6 meetings the committee has allocated.

And all the bureaucrats made plenty of show for the "progress we've made".

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

avgcorrection wrote: post #57
AndrewOMartin wrote: post #38

I would consider this innovative, but Office365 has had this built in (and as far as I can tell impossible to turn off) for years. What used to be a sensible link turns into a vast "safe link honest, guv" mess. I call it "man in the middle attack as a service"

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I'd be tempted to suggest they include that information in their dating profile.

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by mnw21cam »

AndrewOMartin wrote: post #38

I would consider this innovative, but Office365 has had this built in (and as far as I can tell impossible to turn off) for years. What used to be a sensible link turns into a vast "safe link honest, guv" mess. I call it "man in the middle attack as a service"

I use https://github.com/Dunky13/outlook_unsafelink to fix that. I agree, it's a stupid way of training users to accept dodgy links.

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by fIREpOK »

OJFord wrote: post #39
nkozyra wrote: post #13

Ah yes, the URL worsener

All shorteners are worserners, even if the URL was long/ugly/crap to begin with.

They are are good for 2 things:

- So that the URL shortener service can see which site you visit (usually bad for the user)

- if you have to type a url by hand

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by tjungblut »

avgcorrection wrote: post #57
AndrewOMartin wrote: post #38

I would consider this innovative, but Office365 has had this built in (and as far as I can tell impossible to turn off) for years. What used to be a sensible link turns into a vast "safe link honest, guv" mess. I call it "man in the middle attack as a service"

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I had similar vibes from an email I got from a recruiter stating:

> -- all outgoing emails from ACMECORP are virus checked by the newest version of WINDOWS DEFENDER --

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by agentwiggles »

punkspider wrote: post #21

I also recommend the developer's blog. Very detailed and hilarious articles https://mango.pdf.zone/ I laughed myself to tears reading Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing[1] 1: https://mango.pdf.zone/operation-luigi-how-i-hacked-my-friend-without-her-noticing

That was awesome, thanks for sharing. Crazy how easy it can be to get into someone's life!

Re: A URL shortener not shortening the URL but makes it look very dodgy

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Post by itslennysfault »

fredley wrote: post #11

My goto for this purpose used to be https://shadyurl.com but sadly it seems like it's gone, so glad to have a replacement!

This is actually source code for ShadyUrl. It's linked at the bottom of the readme. Also, this repo hasn't been updated in 5+ years.
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