Rickrolling didn't teach us that, 2g1c made us cautious of clicking random links
40 0 Reply'twas goatse that taught a young me to be more careful on the internet.
26 0 ReplyGoatse and tub girl. And I was a whole ass adult who really needed to learn.
15 0 ReplyBetween 2g1c, goatse, and lemon party, I learned to always triple check every link I even think of clicking on.
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A girl In had a crush on sent me the AlbinoBlackSheep "you are an idiot" site that caused a bunch of pop ups. Then she kept sending me links and funny videos and I got all indignant and annoyed because I thought all AlbinoBlackSheep links would be the "you are an idiot" thing.
Upon further review 20 years later she may have been flirting with me.
Anyway that's why I clicked the scam phishing link, boss.
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2 0 ReplyThat song will forever be in my head
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XcQ it's staying blue.
24 0 ReplySay, isn't there an xkcd about that? https://xkcd.com/2633/?
23 0 Reply🧐
24 0 ReplyDamn I was hoping the actual #2633 was gonna be relevant
5 0 Reply4 0 Replygod dammit
3 0 Reply2633, kick them in the pp.
2 0 ReplyThey have a point.
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Nope. I love that song.
Edit: Know what? I'm going to listen to it right now!
20 0 ReplyA rare self-rick-roll.
10 0 ReplyIt's a catchy song. Here's an acapella cover by Home Free:
7 0 ReplyI just realized that I'm unable to remember the melody rn. I've heard the song a thousand times...
3 0 ReplyIt sounds a bit like Robo's theme from Chrono Trigger, but slowed down a little.
3 0 ReplyThe internet is never gonna give you up
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KnowBe4, a popular phishing simulation tool, actually has a built-in rickrolling template.
19 0 ReplyBut are entirely defeated if you make a rule in outlooks saying trash any email that contains knowb4 in the header.
Not only do you pass all phishing tests, but you also don't get spammed by them when renewal comes around.
Phishme is the same. Add a rull saying trash as my email containing phishme.com in the header.
3 0 ReplyThe emails aren't from KnowBe4. They are from your HR or CEO or IT department. The links themselves are obvious on the hover though.
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Goatse. I'm old.
16 0 ReplyYeah, links used to be way more dangerous
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Child you know not how good you have it with your Richard Roll.
13 0 ReplyGoatse.
Stealth edit: lemon party.
9 0 ReplyTub girl.
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Her arms it's unusually long...
11 0 ReplyAnd her index finger looks fatter than her thumb. Either that or she has a cloven hand. Methinks AI
4 0 ReplyI can't find the source on mobile but this image existed looooong before genAI was a thing.
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Yeah is giving vibes as shower thoughts by slender(wo)man
4 0 ReplyThat's why you're never gonna give her up.
3 0 ReplySpooky lady.
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My least favorite thing about the Lemmy community is that people hide the URLs.
Yeah, you can hover on a computer, yeah, you can change the real URL to something else, however
No bad stop :( You're supposed to be old people, act like you grew up when people were scared of random poisoned links
11 0 ReplySome clients show link previews. I use voyager and get previews for all the links at the end of each comment with URL and link text shown. That's especially useful when people add links to a single letter which would be hard to hit otherwise
13 0 ReplyMost phone browsers will give you a link preview if you press and hold on a link.
2 0 ReplyYou mean Safari right?
Because I haven’t seen this feature elsewhere, not mobile firefox nor chrome.
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No, I still click random links to this day.
9 0 ReplyEh. All the link previews have destroyed rickrolls.
8 0 ReplyIronically, link previews can help avoid Rick rolls but can hurt security because the link needs to be looked at to generate the preview. If it exploits some flaw (rather than being a phishing thing) or just wants to track if the link has been loaded or grab the IP, then you don't even get to choose to not click it to avoid that.
4 0 ReplyEh, you just have to adapt. Rickrolls hidden in valid seeming content, redirects from innocuous looking links, and just link shorteners can all obfusicate the actual content.
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Anyways here's a cute funny cat video for anyone who did get rickrolled in this thread so they can forget about it
7 0 ReplyI have memorised the dqw4 part of the link so I know not to click it
7 0 ReplyGood thinking. But now I'm afraid that I just memorized something that I don't need to know. Also, the Dairy Queen uses W4 instead of WD40.
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No, Goatse did that.
6 0 ReplyWhat is the worst could happen if I click on a random link on a brand new computer?
Edit: This should have a more or less concrete answer right? Maybe there is a competition with this idea?
4 0 ReplyMostly. I had the cassette. I had the outfit. I click the links.
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