Using a URL compactor service such as bit.ly is a poor security practice because it obscures the site and path that the user will be redirected to, preventing the user and the user's webbrowser from being able to verify a source before potentially malicious data is accessed.
LL should put the real URL for people to see before they click, instead of exposing users to a needless security risk and encouraging risky behaviour.
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Arrehn Oberlander
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09-21-2009 16:39
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Dina Vanalten
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09-21-2009 22:51
You are saying its not a security risk to use a URL compactor service? Doesn't make any difference to me anyway. I wouldn't know how to tell a good link from a bad link when I see it.
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Cassady Laville
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09-22-2009 12:14
You are saying its not a security risk to use a URL compactor service? Doesn't make any difference to me anyway. I wouldn't know how to tell a good link from a bad link when I see it. You're missing the point. What may tell you that http://shortlink.com/12345 is directing to http://childporn.com? In some countries, like Germany, is clicking such a reason now for some danger....... |
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Argent Stonecutter
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09-22-2009 12:17
If Linden Labs were to put a link to some NSFW site on the login screen, whether they used a redirector or not would be the least of our worries.
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Day Oh
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09-22-2009 13:12
Yo I agree, and I'm gonna let you finish, but hiding parcel media URL's is the best example of all time
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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09-22-2009 13:38
I think maybe the OP put "not" in the sentence by mistake.
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Arrehn Oberlander
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09-22-2009 13:59
I think maybe the OP put "not" in the sentence by mistake. Yes. I've edited it for correctness. |