▲ 505 ▼ Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished (www.troyhunt.com) submitted 1 month ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 77 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 1 point 1 month ago (3 children) If you remove the tracking parts of the URL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world -6 points 1 month ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month 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 -6 points 1 month ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pillowtags@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month 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 1 month ago Not necessarily, or even usually. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scops@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month 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