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Show HN: Open your stupid link in a safe space so it doesn't hurt you

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So I got this spam link via SMS. And I did something like this. I was all like "Haha! I will outsmart these mutton-brains with my `curl` on EC2!"

Instead, what happened is that the URL was unique and it validated my phone number. Now I constantly get that variety of spam. NUuuuuuuuuu

OOF

The bastards are getting smarter

Seeing that most of the URL's have unique strings in them that could be expected right? ;)

Worse: some SMS apps will automatically try to fetch thumbnails...

had to be done: https://i.vgy.me/jHAq9R.png (notice the jpeg artifacts getting worse and worse :))

Obligatory: https://xkcd.com/244/

You’ve doxxed your music taste there

Scrolling doesn't work. Tried on yahoo.com

It definitely should work. What do you mean by "doesn't work"? Do you have more information about what happened?

I just tested and made a screen recording showing it definitely works here: https://github.com/dosyago/ProductMedia/blob/master/ISOlatio...

My browser (Safari, iOS 13.5.1) crashed when I clicked isolate.

Sorry about that! Thanks for letting me know. I'll run some tests when I'm near a iOS. Do you have any more information?

It consistently crashes my browser on any url.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Enter “example.com”

2. Press isolate (nothing happens, and a pop up with Enter Url appears)

3. Try to hide keyboard by pressing Done at the top right of the keyboard

4. Press isolate again

Thanks I'll work on it

Hey finger, I tested on iPhone 8 on 13.5.1 and did not see this issue. Were you using an iPad? Any more info?

Sorry about this!

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NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID

Thanks. I better check on what's happening

edit: all fixed now, correct certs are back. I had switched branches and the changes came into effect when server restarted, including different certs.

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