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mad_asshatter to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 9 months ago

Nation Wary Of Suddenly Usable Website - The Onion

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mad_asshatter to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 9 months ago
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Nation Wary Of Suddenly Usable Website
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CHICAGO—Expressing deep apprehension about how such a thing could ever come to pass, the U.S. populace confirmed Thursday that it was deeply wary of a suddenly usable website. “So what’s the catch here—they’re trying to make it look nice so they can steal my information?” said Bronx resident Alison Myer, one of 340 million Americans […]
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  • @k48r@lemmy.world
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    47•9 months ago

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

    • mad_asshatterOP
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      20•9 months ago

      just sayin’…

      • @FrenziedFelidFanatic@yiffit.net
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        13•9 months ago

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

        • mad_asshatterOP
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          14•9 months ago

          For free, no less!

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

          • @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            1•9 months ago

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

            • mad_asshatterOP
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              1•9 months ago

              Sure.

    • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      5•9 months ago

      Why aren’t you using an ad blocker?

      • @ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
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        9 months ago

        deleted by creator

  • @MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    22•9 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
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    12•9 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!

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