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Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19

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On 4/11/2020 3:48 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote on 11/04/2020 2:45 AM:
>> On 04/10/2020 04:40 AM, Tim+ wrote:
>>> Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
>>>> Carlos E.R. wrote on 18/03/2020 10:50 PM:
>>>>> On 17/03/2020 03.21, Boris wrote:
>>>>>> Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote in news:tv9q6f1823rgvuao9bbajk4s4kh9gfunlr@
>>>>>> 4ax.com:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:58:44 -0400, Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't know that, about tracking.  Anyway, I do use tinyurl.com a 
>>>>>> lot,
>>>>>> because of what J.P. Gulliver says, because the long URLs get broken,
>>>>>> depeding on the newsreader.  So you would like the unadulterated URL
>>>>>> posted?  Do others object to shortened URLs?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, we object.
>>>>>
>>>>> For one thing, they do or can do tracking.
>>>>>
>>>>> For another, the organization that does the shortening and expansion 
>>>>> can
>>>>> die, and thus after some years the final site can not be reached, 
>>>>> and we
>>>>> can not even know what it was abaout because we can not see the URL.
>>>>> Yes, it has happened to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seeing the long URL I can judge if I want to go there or not. Maybe I
>>>>> have seen it already, maybe I can guess that I'm not that interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> So please, if you send a shortened link, please do also send the full
>>>>> one, even if it wraps (we can rebuild it). Just send both and keep
>>>>> everybody happy.
>>>>
>>>> Coming into this conversation late .... but what would be the use of
>>>> posting the full URL AND a shortened link, assuming the shortened link
>>>> wasn't to a "preview" type thing??
>>>
>>> Well my newsreader on my iPad (Newstap) has an unfortunate habit of
>>> breaking links and inserting extra spaces.  From folks comments, it would
>>> seem that this happens quite often with other newsreaders.
>> 
>> Theory has it that enclosing a URL in pointy brackets <> makes 
>> everything work right.  Thunderbird/Firefox seem to be able to figure it 
>> out, though.
> 
> SeaMonkey Suite (think FF + TB +) also seems to be able to work it out.
> 
>> I use tinyurl to avoid the 10-line actual URL and I rarely send links 
>> whose death would cause problems.  Nobody is actually required to click. 
>>   Not yet, anyway.
>> 
> Where the full link is 'broken', I usually Copy the 'non-link part',
> then click on the 'link part' then Paste that 'non-link part' that I had
> previously Copied! A bit awkward, but it works.




Awkward? Yes. It works? Yes, if you understand why you got the error 
message and you know how to fix it.

Not everyone can do this. My wife is among those who can't.


-- 
Ken

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Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-10 21:27 +1000
  Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> - 2020-04-10 11:40 +0000
    Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2020-04-10 09:45 -0700
      Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-10 13:05 -0400
        Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2020-04-10 23:45 +0000
          Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2020-04-11 00:06 +0000
          Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-10 20:22 -0400
          Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-04-11 08:32 +0100
            Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-11 05:41 -0400
      Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Tim+ <tim.downie@gmail.com> - 2020-04-10 18:40 +0000
        Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-04-10 14:48 -0400
      Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2020-04-10 18:48 -0500
      Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-11 20:48 +1000
        Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-04-11 12:12 +0100
          Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-04-11 16:33 +0100
            Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-04-11 08:49 -0700
              Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-04-11 16:58 +0100
            Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-04-11 15:45 +0000
              Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-04-11 16:52 +0100
        Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-04-11 08:40 -0700
        Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2020-04-12 01:01 +0000
          Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2020-04-13 21:52 +1000
  Re: OT But Scam Warning: Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2020-04-10 16:59 +0100

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