5 monthsCm0002:
waltzes into chat about deceptive links
clicks a deceptive link
realizes they have been deceived
Cm0002: “No, it is the person who posted the deceptive link who is wrong”.
Its all good. I’m glad it came across as good natured ribbing, lol.
- 5 months
3/4 of screen space filled with ads, how do you live like this?
- 5 months
I don’t use yt on my phone. I was actually interested what op put behind the link. I thought it would be a rickroll, but yk, I had to click it. I know, it hurts me too, seeing other people suffer so many ads. Also this is my newest phone and I don’t have the time to spend tinkering around ad free stuff.
- ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zipEnglish5 months
Don’t have time, but have time to click suspicious links in case it’s a Rick roll?
- 5 months
It’s true. If you recognize the URL enough to avoid it, then you’ve been rickrolled without even clicking it. Wirelessly brain rickrolled
- 5 months
For a youtube app? Or did you mean on the network level? Because I’ve yet to tinker with the latter…
- 5 months
Link shorteners and redirectors, especially new and lesser-known ones tend to get caught in the fray with things like Google Safe Browsing (which FF uses as well) and Smart Screen.
It’s because the original/shortened link gets reported and not the real/destination site. Then the domain (of the shortener/redirector) gets flagged, instead of the real site.
This happened to me at work this very week, with a redirector service that’s a part of our email security stack. FF and Chrome were both blocking links that were safe, because the redirector service itself was classified as sus.
Firefox on Android doesn’t even have the “ignore” option :(
I didn’t have that, but I use Firefox Nightly.
And I also just found I can no-problem go to https://revoked.grc.com/ 😬
So it doesn’t even check for revoked certificates (but at least Fennec does).
- sik0fewl@piefed.caEnglish5 months
Based on these ads, I do not trust the site anyway.
Love the concept, though.
- 5 months
Probably the only ad ever to hit exactly and only the correct target demographic.
- 5 months
Doubtful. If you still have ads in 2026 you never valued your own time, software, or consent anyways.
- 5 months
Or maybe you like supporting creators and in general pay people for their goods and services.
- Ghoelian@piefed.socialEnglish5 months
I’ll just buy their products or use affiliate links or whatever. I’m not paying with my privacy or security for anyone.
- 5 months
That’s also a possibility, for sure. But it’s a tiny minority of people who do that.
- 5 months
I support creators I like, ad revenue goes mostly to corpo and not them so I block ads, simple
- 5 months
Depending on the site, TikTok takes like 80% while YouTube take less than 50%.
- 5 months
I know, that’s why I donate or buy merch/products from creators I like.
They get more money from that than they would ever get from ad revenue, and I get a less annoying experience of what ever platform I’m using (plus minimize profit corpos make on me, that’s always good).
If what ever corpo media wanted me to allow it easier profit, if sure better grow feet and give me a happy ending, otherwise it’s not gonna happen.
CreepyLink to CreepyLink: https://web-safe.link/root_EXyoFH_claim_gift_card.mp4
- 5 months
A very good service by DIE PARTEI
Of course it would be them. Love it. Thanks for the link!
- 5 months
Holy shit, they’re not messing around, and that’s with the “Normal” setting
Also love the alleged directory structure
- 5 months
This is just straight-up a better version of what OP linked
- 5 months
- 5 months
I totally believe this works, but there’s no way I’m clicking on any of those links
- 5 months
My ISP, O₂CZ (who collaborates with an Israeli cybersecurity company to “protect” (and spy on) everyone with default DNS settings) also blocks this one
- 5 months
it would be quite something, if the links actually went to/through malicious sites…
- 5 months
It’s why they have a report feature. No idea how well they moderate things tho.
Site seems best for gags with friends.
I used to run a public link shortener. Once the scammers catch wind and add it to their rotation all bets are off. I got inundated with reports and my standing with my web host would have been at risk as well (long story). I now use Shlink on those domains lol.
