[Coco] Big Security Issue

[phil pt]

Sounds like me a TOS violation and I would just report it to the ISP and
let me them deal with it. In most cases they will tell the web site owner
to remove the file and if he reuse his account may get suspended.

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On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 9:51 AM Patrick Ulland via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

>
> > Not using google will not protect you from this problem they created I
> > have for starters told my router to reject all .zip and .mov urls and
> > also for good measure .ru domains problem is If I use surfshark or a
> > laptop or phone away from home I loose this protection so I need to
> > research how to do blocking for Android, Linux and Windows 10 as well.
>
>
> The problem is, they’ve broken backwards compatibility. All existing
> content should be edited to remove references to .zip .mov and .foo
> files unless they are already links. We also have to fix the firewalls
> and the browsers and the email clients and the ‘smart’ copy/paste and
> the archivers and on and on, just to have this pap:
>
>
> .zip – the domain for people who are fast, efficient, and ready to move.
>
>
> They also say autolinking text strings ending in .foo makes developers
> more secure. This HAS be a troll inside google.
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