▲ 528 ▼ Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished (www.troyhunt.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments From 2024, but funny to read.... What makes this situation so ridiculous is that while we're all watching for scammers attempting to imitate legitimate organisations, FedEx is out there imitating scammers!
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children) If you remove the tracking parts of the URL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world -7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) Remember kids, everything after the ? In a URL is unnecessary tracking! Trim your URLs before sharing! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Depends entirely on the site. Amazon? Sure. Many other sites will put query information in this part of the URL, so all you're doing is removing the information you put in the previous page and probably invalidating your search results permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world -7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) Remember kids, everything after the ? In a URL is unnecessary tracking! Trim your URLs before sharing! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Depends entirely on the site. Amazon? Sure. Many other sites will put query information in this part of the URL, so all you're doing is removing the information you put in the previous page and probably invalidating your search results permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 3 weeks ago Depends entirely on the site. Amazon? Sure. Many other sites will put query information in this part of the URL, so all you're doing is removing the information you put in the previous page and probably invalidating your search results permalink fedilink source parent