The URL shortener that makes your links look as suspicious as possible
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https://apple.ic6do.com/z7bhOl_hot_singles.pdf
listen here, you little shit
Cm0002:
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".
Lmao, it's less about the deception and more about where it led to 😂
Its all good. I'm glad it came across as good natured ribbing, lol.
Jokes on you I saw the ad first.
3/4 of screen space filled with ads, how do you live like this?
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.
Don’t have time, but have time to click suspicious links in case it’s a Rick roll?
Fair point.
Once you see the XcQ it's too late.
It's true. If you recognize the URL enough to avoid it, then you've been rickrolled without even clicking it. Wirelessly brain rickrolled
You don't have an adblocker? Wild
For a youtube app? Or did you mean on the network level? Because I've yet to tinker with the latter..
Yeah the latter
Exactly what I expected. Thanks for not letting me down.
Looks like it got too creepy for its own good.
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 :(
Pretty sure its under a more info dropdown
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).
Based on these ads, I do not trust the site anyway.
Love the concept, though.
Ad for an ad-blocker. Genius 🤣
Probably the only ad ever to hit exactly and only the correct target demographic.
Doubtful. If you still have ads in 2026 you never valued your own time, software, or consent anyways.
Or maybe you like supporting creators and in general pay people for their goods and services.
I'll just buy their products or use affiliate links or whatever. I'm not paying with my privacy or security for anyone.
That's also a possibility, for sure. But it's a tiny minority of people who do that.
I support creators I like, ad revenue goes mostly to corpo and not them so I block ads, simple
Depending on the site, TikTok takes like 80% while YouTube take less than 50%.
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.
I wonder if it would be effective at blocking its own ads… 🤔
For a fee, probably
This is just a straight-up better version of what OP linked: https://phishyurl.com/
CreepyLink to CreepyLink: https://web-safe.link/root_EXyoFH_claim_gift_card.mp4
Thunder app tries to load mp4 💀
In Germany, we have https://fckaf.de/
Of course it would be them. Love it. Thanks for the link!
Lol, they're even offering emails? Thanks for sharing!
alive internet theory
A similar one here: https://phishyurl.com/
https://cheap-bitcoin.online/var/lib/docker/volumes/interface/etc/dbus-1/system.d/index/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/asynchronous/opt/google/earth/pro/linker/malicious_loader.zip?cookievalue=tamper&firewall=spoof&headerfield=inject&id=5c59c69527246a7c&origin=redirect&payload=%28function%28%29%7B+return+%27abc%27.length%3B+%7D%29%28%29%3B&portscan=flood&query=inject&redirect=phish&script=overwrite
Holy shit, they're not messing around, and that's with the "Normal" setting
Also love the alleged directory structure
Absolutely scary 😬 But link "shortener" may be the wrong name in this case
I don't think it purports to be a shortener, just a susener
This is just straight-up a better version of what OP linked
Pfft, I got one with TODO_Obfuscate_URL. I wish I saved it.
https://adobe.c1ic.link/TODO_obfuscate_url_FmtzTw_ip_grab.xlsm
Have one on me
I totally believe this works, but there's no way I'm clicking on any of those links
I expect most of them are Rickrolls.
Aaaaaand shady link:
https://www.nordvpn.com/BigMoney
A fellow student!
aaaaand rocketship 8========>
https://xkcd.com/1247/
https://secure.c1ic.link/campaign_SkK3C5_click_me.dll
Firefox is not playing around
this got me rickrolled (after so long)
My ISP, O₂CZ (who collaborates with an Israeli cybersecurity company to "protect" (and spy on) everyone with default DNS settings) also blocks this one
Here's the link to this very post: https://update.ic6do.com/PFUTPY_secure_login_page.scr
it would be quite something, if the links actually went to/through malicious sites...
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.
Maybe 1 of a thousand redirects actually does go to a malicious site.
https://adobe.c1ic.link/urgent_sgvYMY_hot_singles.jar
This is so funny and useless, I love it
https://login.c1ic.link/6I0jqz_salary_report.msi
https://login.ic6do.com/Cvn6qa_video_player_update.pl
Definitely would not normally click
Here's my creepy link: https://verify.ic6do.com/Y8kl04_system_optimizer
What even is the point of URL shorteners? I always understood it as a Twitter thing, but I see them more outside of Twitter.
When sharing links with people in places where there’s a character limit or to avoid polluting visuals.
Also, when sharing like orally or showing it to someone else when you have no other way to communicate it: ex, the link of a shared cloud file
Infuriatingly, URL shortners are often used in QR codes because they have a character limit-ish (longer strings make for more detailed QR codes, which are harder to scan from further away so it's a trade-off). but if the QR points to a shortened link then it's more difficult to assess where a QR code is pointing without blindly following the link.
My biggest bugbear relating to this is the lack of a short text alternative for QR codes, especially with long URLs.
If the URL is too long to fit into a QR code, then it's also too long for me to type in manually!
I think I like an alternative that uses full words instead of a string of no sense symbols and mixed case letters.
Something like what What 3 Words does but for short URLs. That would be easy to convey and type
That's a very good idea.
Beside the number of permutations it gives, another benefit of using three words is they could form the border of the QR code, with the fourth side being the domain name
Yessss
eh, you can have pretty long strings already in QR code as compared to normal, just like WiFi passwords for example
I think sometimes it gives people analytics on how many people click the link when the link is to something they themselves don't control. But I'm not entirely sure if that's a common service shorteners offer.
They also sometimes give you the ability to change what the link points to which is great if you send out a link only to realise it went to the wrong place after the fact.
aesthetics
Easier to type when used on posters and other media where you can't simply copypaste
I find it handy for writing down a URL on paper
Okay, grandpa.
JK
Paper may be old-fashioned but I need something light for the carrier pigeon
I've heard papyrus is a great medium.
Jokes aside, hand-writing and reading actually helps out the brain.
Easier to memorize/type, that's about it.
Replaced by (unsafer) QR codes as of late and can still hide analytics.
Congratulations! You've won an iPhone! Click our secure link to claim your prize! We promise this is not a Rip Off!
https://secure.ic6do.com/tRn4TI_ip_grab
EDIT: Please do click the link so my joke can land
EDIT 2: Sorry I'm too much of a wimp to even happy-prank people
I tried buddy 😔
We killed it!
Lemmy hug of death
I guess there's a pretty short lifespan on these links haha
Well, here it is https://youtu.be/Gu_hxO9iDi8
❤️
https://wellsfargo.ic6do.com/JeUQba_hot_singles.exe
Christ. This reads like something that will keylog, steal my identity, and trojan my device all at once, bwahahahaha
I gotta stop trying these out. The other day something to the tune of hot-singles.xxx autofilled in my phone browser the other day and I was so confused.
You only bang married couples or what?
Well, my wife and I are a married couple, so, yes?
Technically correct, the best kind of correct!
This looks like an awesome project idea to steal
Yeah, I've never understood the URL shortener idea. It's like a box of chocolates. You just never know what you're going to fudge into next.
One benefit/reason is to make it easier to manually type in the URL. Like if it's printed on an ad or poster or something.
Not a significant benefit anymore especially with QR codes.
Yeah I get the idea in that sense. It's just that you are putting a lot of trust in the source. But I guess that's the same with qr codes but at least you get to see the destination in your camera view.