When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
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@mayintoronto I found that just copying the post from my own instance gave a big scary warning to people who aren't logged on to my instance about trusting some other site. We obviously don't see this unless we, say, try it in a private tab.
So I always open the original post before copying. Just in case you weren't aware of it (and if it still happens).
@mayintoronto Gah. Can't take a screenshot from a private tab.
It says:
You are leaving infosec.exchange.
If you trust this link, click it to continue.
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@mayintoronto Gah. Can't take a screenshot from a private tab.
It says:
You are leaving infosec.exchange.
If you trust this link, click it to continue.
@davep not being able to screenshot from a private tab seems like one of the best features. Huh. Never even thought of that.
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@mayintoronto mine tend not to click them and instead send me concerned messages that my accounts have been been hacked and are sending out dodgy links, because I forget that half the instance names are things like puppygirl.porn or something
@mayintoronto "Hey look at this awesome tip for water-saving carrot growing from user analfisting@hentai.gooner!"
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
I've been wondering, and maybe actually you're a good person to ask: how do you reconcile the anti-phishing advice not to click on links with sketchy-looking domains with the fact that mastodon domain names sometimes look ridiculous (affectionate)?
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@mayintoronto "Hey look at this awesome tip for water-saving carrot growing from user analfisting@hentai.gooner!"
@afewbugs @mayintoronto clicked it. Now have a draft email to AnalFisting.
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
It does help that the link preview works and is relevant if the chat app has those
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
@mayintoronto
Or that it tracks them!
Or they panic when there is a redirect."No, there is nothing suspicious about the redirect. The post is on a different server to the one I use."
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I've been wondering, and maybe actually you're a good person to ask: how do you reconcile the anti-phishing advice not to click on links with sketchy-looking domains with the fact that mastodon domain names sometimes look ridiculous (affectionate)?
Clicking links is mostly harmless. Typing anything sensitive, accepting unsolicited downloads, not being vigilant for full-screen attempts, etc is how the malware sites get you.
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@mayintoronto Gah. Can't take a screenshot from a private tab.
It says:
You are leaving infosec.exchange.
If you trust this link, click it to continue.
“Can't take a screenshot from a private tab.”
The browser has forced the screenshot tool shut. But this is *my* computer, and it responds to *my* decree!
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@davep not being able to screenshot from a private tab seems like one of the best features. Huh. Never even thought of that.
When a “feature” stops the user from doing something innocuous and desirable (like taking a screenshot of a web page while logged out of the site), it stops being a feature and becomes a bug.
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“Can't take a screenshot from a private tab.”
The browser has forced the screenshot tool shut. But this is *my* computer, and it responds to *my* decree!
Thanks, oh device wrangling one!
See, it might look rather suspicious to anyone opening the link.
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@mayintoronto "Hey look at this awesome tip for water-saving carrot growing from user analfisting@hentai.gooner!"
@afewbugs @mayintoronto yep, nailed it. Pun intended.
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
It's true. They can view all posts without an account.
But nevertheless, sooner or later they might realise that they need an account here anyway.
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
sure have
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
@mayintoronto walled garden, that is a term I need to make sure to include more often in my ramblings!
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When I send my friends funny posts from Mastodon, they don't click it because they think they need an account.
The walled gardens have done some massive damage to the foundations of how people interact with the internet.
@mayintoronto@beige.party there are instances that don't display posts to guests without an account. seen this kind of thing on multiple softwares too
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@mayintoronto@beige.party there are instances that don't display posts to guests without an account. seen this kind of thing on multiple softwares too
@mitsunee That's fine, but they won't click on posts to mastodon.social.
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@mitsunee That's fine, but they won't click on posts to mastodon.social.
@mayintoronto@beige.party me neither
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