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

    • @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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      -103 months ago

      Nope, but this is musk hate…not common sense.

      You can replace X/Twitter with any platform that has users posting links and it doesn’t change. Discord? Steam? Sms? Signal? Facebook? Forums? Reddit?

      • @skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        there’s a difference if the platform in question replaces every link with their own tracking link lengthener which only later redirects where it should. at least twitter and yt does this, preventing you from seeing real destination. some places don’t