Most of us are Reddit refugees, and probably clicking more random links than we ever did before on websites we’ve never seen before. This whole experience feels like the old internet, but also throws up insane red flags with a modern internet perspective. What are the cybersecurity weaknesses we should all be looking for, and what are the best practices?

Here’s my reason for posting this. As I search for new communities across instances to follow, I sometimes end up clicking a link and I’m no longer logged in. In the corner, that could be a Sign In link or it could be phishing. It’s likely due to me not understanding how to properly navigate this system, but there’s nothing stopping someone from setting up a sight like this as far as I know.

Thoughts?

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Is there a similar way to handle linking to specific posts? I think all post urls are unique to that specific instance and I haven’t seen any way to do a translation between instances.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I don’t believe there is, because as you note, post IDs are instance specific. I’d be very interested in knowing how to do it, too, though, if there is in fact a solution.