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Post by benaj on Dec 8, 2023 10:46:44 GMT
Could someone please explain the link posted in this forum is not always redirected to the original URL?
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Post by iRobot on Dec 8, 2023 11:12:29 GMT
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Post by benaj on Dec 8, 2023 11:23:38 GMT
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Post by iRobot on Dec 8, 2023 11:48:21 GMT
I guess it depends on your browser but, on a W11 PC with Google Chrome, I can use the 'Go to ...' option on a highlighted link that's been right-clicked:  even though the underlying url has already been altered by the forum software:  With this combination of OS & browser, I suspect highlighting the url first is the critical bit. |
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Post by benaj on Dec 8, 2023 12:43:38 GMT
TBF, most of the Viglink redirects are not malicious, but I don't know when they will become malicious.
Definitely a few times links are redirected to a completely different destination? Any explanation?
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Post by iRobot on Dec 8, 2023 13:28:52 GMT
Do you have any examples, benaj ? I'm wondering if the URLs as posted are malformed in someway so the forum software is instead transferring in an alternative address. (I did also wonder if there was some kind 'denylisting' going on where the forum software automatically substituted URLs to sites it considered inappropriate. However, a brief test of a couple of usual suspects - adult and torrent sites - showed that they were treated fine, viglink redirected to them with no issue.) |
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Post by benaj on Dec 8, 2023 13:39:34 GMT
I guess it depends on your browser but, on a W11 PC with Google Chrome, I can use the 'Go to ...' option on a highlighted link that's been right-clicked: even though the underlying url has already been altered by the forum software: With this combination of OS & browser, I suspect highlighting the url first is the critical bit. Thanks. Is there anything similar for Chrome on Android? The closest thing I can do on iOS browser is sharing a link after highlighting as text without previewing it. 
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Post by benaj on Dec 8, 2023 13:41:43 GMT
Do you have any examples, benaj ? I'm wondering if the URLs as posted are malformed in someway so the forum software is instead transferring in an alternative address. (I did also wonder if there was some kind 'denylisting' going on where the forum software automatically substituted URLs to sites it considered inappropriate. However, a brief test of a couple of usual suspects - adult and torrent sites - showed that they were treated fine, viglink redirected to them with no issue.)  I don't keep bad memories, so I kept no record of those malicious or potential malicious sites.
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Post by iRobot on Dec 8, 2023 14:13:57 GMT
Thanks. Is there anything similar for Chrome on Android? The closest thing I can do on iOS browser is sharing a link after highlighting as text without previewing it. Chrome on my Android device gives me the option to 'Copy link text' once I've long-tapped (press and hold on the link for 3-or-so seconds)  and I can then open a new tab and paste* the copied text (url) into the tab's search bar. * - there's also a couple of other options as per: 
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I don't keep bad memories, so I kept no record of those malicious or potential malicious sites.