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submitted 2 months ago by dogsnest@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] k48r@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's very Onion of them that I got two modern day, fully content-obscuring pop-ups on mobile when I clicked the link

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just sayin'...

[–] FrenziedFelidFanatic@yiffit.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m not 100% sure, but I think anyone with that code can use your dns profile

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For free, no less!

I hope it doesn't lead to my stash of german midget scat porn!

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sharing an account is against the tos, so it's more of a warning that you might get banned.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Sure.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why aren't you using an ad blocker?

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 23 points 2 months ago

"Hopefully the content still treats me like a dipshit who only matters as a vector to drive revenue. Otherwise, this is just plain creepy.”

Yep. Anything else is just too good to be true.

[–] Uncurious3512@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

At press time, the nation had reportedly blocked the confusing website and navigated back to Forbes.com, where it felt safe.

Lol, zing!