As noted by security researcher Will Dormann, some posts on X purport to lead to a legitimate website, but actually redirect somewhere else. In Dormann’s example, an advertisement posted by a verified X user claims to lead to forbes.com. When Dormann clicks the link, however, it takes him to a different link to open a Telegram channel that is, “helping individuals earn maximum profit in the crypto market,” he said. In short, the “Forbes” link leads to crypto spam
It’s Not Safe to Click on X
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It’s Not Safe on X
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It’s Not Safe
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I once clicked on X and the whole window disappeared!
If anyone thinks MAGA isn’t alive and well on lemmy, note that this comment was downvoted.
I don’t think anyone is particularly surprised that there are chuds wandering into Lemmy on occasion.
Even if X is just a placeholder for anything.