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When clicking links in comments it would be very beneficial if a pop-up first came up that showed where the link pointed to, and then you could confirm if you want to go there or not. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
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Sketchy when it just says whatever and then goes to some random site. Could literally be anything on the other end.

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

Deselect "Always Trust Domains" under Settings

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    • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You mean like this? It does that by default unless you've turned the option off.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I have "always trust domains" off, but I don't get any pop-up like that.

    Edit: it's because I also had "use external browser" on. Feel like I should still get the popup though.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Until someone found a way to exploit it. And / or it became popular to pre roll advertisements before revealing the link preview.

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    [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Something like that already exists though, no? If I hover over that whatever-link, I can see it goes to Youtube. And AFAIK all browsers do that since ~forever.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago*

    Something like that already exists though, no? If I hover over that whatever-link, I can see it goes to Youtube. And AFAIK all browsers do that since ~forever.

    But I'm posting this in an Android app forum. I don't have the ability to do that on this app on Android since it's not a browser with a cursor.

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