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Malicious buttons; was Re: What exactly do you click <snip>

From Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.os.linux
Subject Malicious buttons; was Re: What exactly do you click <snip>
Date 2020-11-14 10:15 -0800
Message-ID <i1al60FlmguU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Arlen Holder wrote:
> The question is more technical than it at first appears
> o *How "hard" is it for a nefarious site to repurpose the buttons?*

I think (or rather, Maybe) the strategies for that involve maliciously 
obfuscated javascript.

There are maestros of deobfuscating javascript to track down 'hidden' 
spam payoff links.

Obfuscating javascript in and of itself is not malicious, such as minifying.

-- 
Mike Easter

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  Re: What exactly do you click when you're confronted with "reddit wants to show notifications - allow - block - cancel (and why)?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-11-13 19:03 +0000
    Malicious buttons; was Re: What exactly do you click <snip> Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2020-11-14 10:15 -0800
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