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It's Not Safe to Click Links on X (lifehacker.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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

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[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 142 points 7 months ago

You mean twitter, it's called twitter.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 54 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

𝕏itter. In ~~spanish~~ (sorry, I was mistaken) some languages X sounds like sh, so it's Shitter now.

[-] ElJefe@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

I’m sorry, what? Can you give some examples in Spanish where the letter x makes a sh sound?

[-] sholomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

xoloitzcuintle, sometimes xcaret is pronounced as shcaret (not common tho)

[-] ElJefe@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Neither of those words are Spanish tho. Xoloizcuintle is a náhuatl word, and Xcaret is a mayan word.

[-] sholomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

that's true

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