[HN Gopher] Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and ...
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       Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening
       (2010)
        
       Author : client4
       Score  : 130 points
       Date   : 2021-06-15 16:12 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (shadyurl.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (shadyurl.com)
        
       | danaris wrote:
       | This seems like a great way to make people _less_ suspicious of
       | genuinely sketchy URLs...
        
         | deepserket wrote:
         | Reminds me of Pavlov's experiments
        
       | baoqdau wrote:
       | http://www.5z8.info/dailystormer-password-cache_e8q5tu_how-t...
        
       | junon wrote:
       | This is magnificent.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Past related threads:
       | 
       |  _ShadyURL_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24579931 -
       | Sept 2020 (5 comments)
       | 
       |  _Don 't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and
       | frightening (2010)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16791029 - April 2018 (68
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _ShadyURL_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11572679 -
       | April 2016 (2 comments)
       | 
       |  _Shady URL: Don 't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and
       | frightening._ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1134868 -
       | Feb 2010 (21 comments)
        
         | version_five wrote:
         | It came up recently too in the discussion about a url
         | lengthener: _A URL Lengthener_
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27156106 - May 2021
        
         | cdubzzz wrote:
         | See also the recent related URL Lengthener --
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27156106
        
         | merb wrote:
         | Fixed them for you:                   1.
         | http://www.5z8.info/freeporn_m9o0wv_nic_cage_naked         2.
         | http://www.5z8.info/manhunter_n7f2qq_double-your-wang
         | 3. http://www.5z8.info/bombbuilding_x7j5jc_boobs         4.
         | http://www.5z8.info/winamp-cracked.exe_o5m1zq_-49exploit-
         | begin--
        
           | dang wrote:
           | Yikes, that really does create a visceral response.
        
             | bombcar wrote:
             | Honestly the .info is the most frightening.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | _(2010)_
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Added. Thanks!
        
       | calltrak wrote:
       | http://www.5z8.info/whitepower_c1h3fx_how-to-skin-a-gerbil
       | 
       | http://www.5z8.info/dont-just-drizzle_p1t3un_how2pipebomb
        
       | throwkeep wrote:
       | That's why I recommend using
       | https://aaa.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
       | for your urls.
        
       | luke2m wrote:
       | http://www.5z8.info/best-russian-sites-for-bootleg-everythin...
        
         | pm24601 wrote:
         | I got an ad :-)
        
         | petra wrote:
         | You bastard!
        
       | soheil wrote:
       | I don't understand how this shortens a URL, most URLs are still
       | pretty long.
        
         | dmurray wrote:
         | It shortens the upper bound on URL length, so for computer
         | scientists, it shortens it.
        
       | pronoiac wrote:
       | Possibly better link: http://www.5z8.info/instant-
       | purchase_g3k1bk_kkk
        
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