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the ability to edit titles is great. But the ability to edit the URL of a post is dangerous. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by DrYes@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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  1. I create a well crafted post to a normal site that gets 10.000 upvotes.

  2. I change the URL to a malicious site.

  3. ??????

  4. Profit

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[–] DrYes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not talking about the title but the actual page the post links to. But your idea to mark the URL as edited is great.

Or always crosscheck the hyperlink in title or body with an open-source malicious site database and flag all malicious sites once and for all?

the internet is in flux. once and for all is not possible.