Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by reaperducer on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:57AM (#21906501)

Because urls have letters & words in english that I can read and determine if the website is authentic

You must have some super-human ability to read a computer's mind if you can grok the kind of urls that usually come in emails like https://tinyurl.com/uvc58uq

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by hunter2_ on Sunday December 29, 2019 @11:46AM (#21906844)

You can see what the tinyurl redirect destination URL is (value of Location response header) without also requesting that URL. Not with a typical browser configuration, but with curl or some hosted solution delivering this functionality.

Of course, if the email actually has a unique URL per recipient, then doing this gives away the fact that you interacted with the email.

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