If you decode it and open the link, you are potentially leaking data to whoever controls the domain of the URL.
This sounds like the panicky adverts from 20-odd years ago "YOUR COMPUTER IS LEAKING YOUR IP ADDRESS!!11!!""2!!2!!"
Link previews even! Just paste it into a group chat and everyone’s message clients will happily issue a GET request.
This sounds like the panicky adverts from 20-odd years ago "YOUR COMPUTER IS LEAKING YOUR IP ADDRESS!!11!!""2!!2!!"