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From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 26826@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26826: user trys to copy spam link but ends up contacting spam site
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 23:38:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k25pjs9y.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871srz8xvu.fsf@jidanni.org> ("積丹尼 Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Mon, 08 May 2017 18:07:49 +0800")

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積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> "u runs the command shr-copy-url, which is an interactive compiled Lisp
> function in ‘shr.el’.
>
> Copy the URL under point to the kill ring.
> If IMAGE-URL (the prefix) is non-nil, or there is no link under
> point, but there is an image under point then copy the URL of the
> image under point instead.
> If called twice, then try to fetch the URL and see whether it
> redirects somewhere else."
>
> The problem with this is the user thinks that u is safe to just copy
> links. Well a second press (no matter how it happens) ends up telling
> the spam site 'Yes the user read your spam mail. Send more.' or worse.

What do you expect Emacs to do differently?





  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-10  3:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-08 10:07 bug#26826: user trys to copy spam link but ends up contacting spam site 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2017-05-10  3:38 ` npostavs [this message]
2017-05-10  6:48 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2017-05-12  1:14   ` npostavs
2017-06-03  3:40     ` npostavs
2017-07-02 20:24       ` npostavs

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