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Show HN: Open your stupid link in a safe space so it doesn't hurt you

42 points| altindag | 5 years ago |isolation.site

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renewiltord|5 years ago

So I got this spam link via SMS. And I did something like this. I was all like "Haha! I will outsmart these mutton-brains with my `curl` on EC2!"

Instead, what happened is that the URL was unique and it validated my phone number. Now I constantly get that variety of spam. NUuuuuuuuuu

marapuru|5 years ago

Seeing that most of the URL's have unique strings in them that could be expected right? ;)

Can_Not|5 years ago

Worse: some SMS apps will automatically try to fetch thumbnails...

NetOpWibby|5 years ago

OOF

The bastards are getting smarter

finger|5 years ago

My browser (Safari, iOS 13.5.1) crashed when I clicked isolate.

altindag|5 years ago

Sorry about that! Thanks for letting me know. I'll run some tests when I'm near a iOS. Do you have any more information?

Stierlitz|5 years ago

isolation.site

Your connection is not private

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NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

altindag|5 years ago

Thanks. I better check on what's happening

edit: all fixed now, correct certs are back. I had switched branches and the changes came into effect when server restarted, including different certs.