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mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago

Nation Wary Of Suddenly Usable Website - The Onion

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mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year ago
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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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    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_asshatter@lemmy.worldOP
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      just sayin’…

      • FrenziedFelidFanatic@yiffit.net
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        I’m not 100% sure, but I think anyone with that code can use your dns profile

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

            • mad_asshatter@lemmy.worldOP
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              Sure.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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      Why aren’t you using an ad blocker?

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        deleted by creator

  • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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    "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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    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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