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Re:The short tale of an online scam by chrismcb on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:51AM (#27707909)
The url you type is 100% correct. Sure, maybe you made a typo, but the browser didn't know that. It isn't sending your url to Google and waiting for a redirect. A redirect to what? A different url?
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Re:The short tale of an online scam by teddyh on Friday July 02, 2021 @08:21AM (#27710512)
No, a redirect to the correct URL, the URL you typed, or meant to type.
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