Oddbean new post about login | logout Shortlinks are very unsafe; you never know where they are going to take you. I always stay away from them.
What’s a short link? 😱
A URL shortening service.
Here’s an example: http://lnshort.it/nostr-welcome/
Tony I’m not gonna lie to you, I’m scared to click on it after what iefan said 🥹 but thank you 💜🙏🏽
I would be too 😅 However most people never bother and click whatever pops up on their screen. I’m glad to hear that we’ve got one more conscious internet surfer amongst us.
Hahaha, Tony! 😂 What was the link to? 😱👀🥹 I indeed now have the fear 👀🥹💯
A link to the “Welcome to Nostr” guide: https://habla.news/tony/1681492751274
click shortlink -> takes you to a landing page that confirms the content behind the link -> click “continue to page” to confirm slower, but then you’d know
I wonder what @jingles thinks, and what he thinks of this idea? 🤔
Jingles has done absolutely amazing job with his service. Linkshorters are Inherently unsafe.
Example shorten link: https://w3.do/jingles-dev/ndk Link preview (like doing a curl and get page meta):
W3.do short links are 301 redirect. No surprises to redirect you to site you don’t expect, as even those “links previews” can show up the actual site’s meta data. Like all links on internet, it’s user responsibility to keep themselves safe.
I concur, the user bears the ultimate responsibility. By the way it's not something specific to your service. I really think you have done a great job. If used with responsibility it can be a great tool.