Re: He must be an idiot (Was: haiii) [message #174394 is a reply to message #174389] |
Thu, 09 June 2011 23:22 |
Twayne
Messages: 135 Registered: September 2010
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In news:bn52v651iom5pmsjr54g42rtri1bll025f(at)mfesser(dot)de,
Michael Fesser <netizen(at)gmx(dot)de> typed:
> .oO(sheldonlg)
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>> Anyone who thinks that someone in computer newsgroup
>> would actually click on a bare link (or any untrusted
>> link) like that has got to be a total idiot.
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> Why? A link is a link. If you think it could do any harm,
> you might want to check your system security, the used
> software and review your browser settings.
I don't click any strange lnks without looking at a reputaton and RBL first.
Secret links such as that one could be anythng but one thing they always are
is useless and of no use, so why click?
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> I didn't click it, simply because it's spam obviously,
> not because it's "untrusted". In fact, if you're that
> paranoid, then any website in the Web should be
> untrusted, because it might contain "malicious banners"
> or hidden iframes with URLs that will kill your cat or
> things like that.
Good luck with that.
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> In my sig there's another bare and untrusted link - you
> can click it, if you have the balls! SCNR
More importantly, your sig is spam.
HTH,
Twayne`
> Micha
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