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What are these comments on lemmy posts? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Are they just an issue with wefwef or trying to use an exploit

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[+] [email protected] -14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think i understand that part but why is this specific event "another reason to block this TLD"? can’t they just use any TLD for this and achieve the same thing? is there another inherit security issue with .zip that doesn't exist with other domains?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They can and they do. Using a commonly known and used file extension to “hide” a malicious URL is just easier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCVJsz7EODA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=GCVJsz7EODA

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