On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso@utoronto.ca> wrote:
On 2015-01-31 10:38 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
It's such an dangerous thing to do if you think at it from security perspective. I usually just don't bother clicking on it <snip> Nope. I was not even using a web browser. This is the problem. You are all making assumptions that are invalid. Read it or don't, I couldn't care less about people's paranoid fears.
That's just inconsiderate. It only takes an extra second or two to copy a link - no one's time is that important that they can't be bothered to copy/paste a full URL.
This is what I am very patiently trying to explain. THERE NEVER WAS A FULL URL ANYWHERE. I WAS NOT USING A WEB BROWSER. Am I speaking Russian or are you people just thick?
I saw your post and just deleted it based on the link. Providing a little context would go a long way toward helping engage your audience, which I assume was your intent given the time spent even posting to the list.
To understand why shortened links without context are an issue, take a look at this Google generated short URL to CSIS's site: http://goo.gl/GO9PkW
If we never visited a link unless we knew what was there in advance, most of the Internet would be cut off from us.
If I were malicious and posted a link to a less *cough* reputable site, then I could potentially do all sorts of nasty things to anyone who opened it.
Yes we should always behave as if the worst possible thing is about to happen to us. -- Thomas Milne