maziel
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Post by maziel on Mar 1, 2023 14:49:28 GMT -5
I'm CASP+ certified but I was still dumb enough to click it on my mobile phone. Luckily my DNS blocked it. Using a service like DeCloudUs is the easiest way to block ads/malicious-links/etc on mobile imo - can be a pain to always rely on a VPN on a phone.
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jenki
Clueless newb
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Post by jenki on Mar 1, 2023 15:00:15 GMT -5
Don't trust anyone in this community. Most/all of them are former members of an online community that encourages corruption, betrayal and even murder. It's true.
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Post by nottriste on Mar 1, 2023 15:00:42 GMT -5
What was the meme tho? Given it was from pinkerdlu I am going to guess: something unfunny and mildly racist
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maziel
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Post by maziel on Mar 1, 2023 15:01:51 GMT -5
It appears to be an issue from boards.net. They redirect links for money and it sent it through somewhere fishy.
My bad. Partly. Boards.net is actually the offending party and not Pinkerdlu.
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maziel
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Post by maziel on Mar 1, 2023 15:06:23 GMT -5
What was the meme tho? Given it was from pinkerdlu I am going to guess: something unfunny and mildly racist He was just linking me to the memegenerator so that I could make an actual meme instead of giving him my text version. Tldr; pinkerdlu isn't giving people malware links, but Boards.net utilizes Viglink to generate traffic for its boards. And it may redirect you through sites that come up on malware blocklists. So I wouldn't be clicking things here if I was you. Gotta do the old copy paste.
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pinkerdlu
Shartist
The evil bad guy of a desert sex simulator. Real Necker
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Post by pinkerdlu on Mar 1, 2023 15:39:41 GMT -5
*deviously rubs hands together*
You managed to 'avoid' my first attack... perhaps you shant be so lucky for the secon-- wait, I'm innocent? I'm not a nefarious, underhanded mastermind after all? Huh, intriguing. Never mind then.
I guess everyone can trust links from me now? *grins hopefully towards a bright future*
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punished ppurg
GDB Superstar
Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
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Post by punished ppurg on Mar 1, 2023 15:45:25 GMT -5
Looks like it's Boards.net policy to wrap random hyperlinks / truncated links in the BBS with viglink identifiers, so that they can scrape that sweet sweet tracking data revenue out of people with ad blockers. Nothing is ever free.
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maziel
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Post by maziel on Mar 1, 2023 16:03:14 GMT -5
Looks like it's Boards.net policy to wrap random hyperlinks / truncated links in the BBS with viglink identifiers, so that they can scrape that sweet sweet tracking data revenue out of people with ad blockers. Nothing is ever free. Would prefer that they scrape my power via a JavaScript cryptominer: Maybe I'll make a Tampermonkey script to replace all VigLink URLs with normal ones. There's probably an extension somewhere that already does this, but I can't readily find it. Oh check this out: With people with ad blockers you say - and only them! Huh! It's okay that they're giving me fishy stuff because I'm violating their TOS. Lol. I don't think my ad blocker actually blocks non-intrusive ads, which are against my TOS.
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Post by nottriste on Mar 1, 2023 16:10:50 GMT -5
It's okay maziel. I forgive you for being paranoid. As a result of this drama I've gotten messages from Armageddon players I haven't talked to in 10 years, which isn't sus at all.
"Hey, old friend..."
LMFAO
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Post by Prime Minister Sinister on Mar 1, 2023 18:49:14 GMT -5
my pc has proudly been running bitcoin mining malware under pinkerdlu's flag since 2010
click his links
i did and i regret nothing and you wont either
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