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Re: Link considered unsafe


From: ky
Subject: Re: Link considered unsafe
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:03:39 -0700 (PDT)
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>>>>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:
[...]
> Actually I was wondering why it is unsafe to visit links in w3m.  If
> anything, w3m is the safest web browser I use daily, much better than
> IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari because it doesn't even attempt to
> run JavaScript.  What personal information is this talking about?
[...]

We considered image tags, that will be accessed without clicking
those links.  By special letters laid in the url, spammers will
know that your mail address is reachable.


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