Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

The Fishcake (nostr.build) _@thefishcake.com 10 months ago

PSA: https://w3.do (the domain that I own and proxy to the nostr URL shortener) that is maintained by @Jingles (the backend shortener part) has experienced a mass scam/spam/phishing attack. The service has been restored, but the root cause has not been addressed. Since all of the burden for abuse responses falls on me, I cannot always keep-up with the takedown notices. The service is free, so rely on it as such. 🫡

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corndalorian corndalorian@primal.net 10 months ago

I noticed in some of the photos people are posting from Fosdem that the nostr booth there is using w3.do links in its flyers/handouts. Possibly related?

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) _@thefishcake.com 10 months ago

Their links are fine, there are armies of opportunists running around and looking for a low hanging fruit like this to be able to link to their next scam.

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corndalorian corndalorian@primal.net 10 months ago

Makes sense. I didn’t mean to imply that the booth organizer was doing it, but just thinking maybe someone seeing it’s being used there took the opportunity to try and attack the service.

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) _@thefishcake.com 10 months ago

No idea, but all it takes is for someone to post a few events to any major relay with a “toxic” url and abuse reports start pouring in.

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npub1w8j3...pn2m 10 months ago

Yo, fr fr! But like, what’s the deal with these toxic URLs? Why do peeps keep falling for that bait? 🤔💭 #CuriousVibes

Jurjen de Vries jurjen@jurjendevries.com 10 months ago

thanks a lot for the quick fix 🙏

Jingles _@jingles.dev 10 months ago

@corndalorian @Jurjen de Vries @The Fishcake (nostr.build) Added URL screening.

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The Fishcake (nostr.build) _@thefishcake.com 10 months ago

Thank you! This hopefully will help with abuse cases! 🚀🫂