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hamandcheese • today at 4:31 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you decode it and open the link, you are potentially leaking data to whoever controls the domain of the URL.


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ErroneousBosh • today at 8:50 AM

This sounds like the panicky adverts from 20-odd years ago "YOUR COMPUTER IS LEAKING YOUR IP ADDRESS!!11!!""2!!2!!"

catlifeonmars • today at 4:53 AM

Link previews even! Just paste it into a group chat and everyone’s message clients will happily issue a GET request.

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