Topic: URL and Hyperlink! - page 2. (Read 766 times)

There are some protections on bitcointalk against that :

• If a link points outside the forum it will be dispayed in blue when you hover over it while it will be displayed in green otherwise

• When you try to impersonate a bitcointalk url, the real one is displayed instead :

[url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink]https://bitcointalk.org[/url]
will give
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink
and not
https://bitcointalk.org

This isn't possible on BTT since it uses simply BBCode hyperlink tags, but it is in every other website.
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That's some scary shit. Looks like the good ol' right-click, copy, paste would do the trick.

Dude, did you forget what I told you the last time you suggested someone to check the hover link of a URL to see if it is legit?


This isn't possible on BTT since it uses simply BBCode hyperlink tags, but it is in every other website.

It seems I forgot to add the hovering to a hyperlink that will show the destination of a hovered clickable text. I'll edit the op and I'll just quote your post and add it on to the thread if you're okay with it. In my opinion, It's the same if I have to search for it and added it here so I'll just quote it and only less time used.

As away of checking i also usually like Hovering the pointer above the hyperlink before clicking on it. The real link gets displayed in the bottom left corner of your browser. This can help avoid visiting malicious or phishing websites or automatically downloading malware.

This is important to prevent phishing, as many phishing attempts do that, especially via email.

Always double check destination URLs,  and use virus total in unknown websites.

This thread is about URL and Hyperlink as you can read it in the thread title!

Now, Hyperlink and URL is kind of the same if you ask me because both are used to access a site but they are also different in some ways. I hope this will help why we should be careful with links or hyperlinks.

What is URL?
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), although many people use the two terms interchangeably. URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http), but are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.

Example:

URL are consist of several important pieces of information. Here is an image that shows you about URL


What is a Hyperlink?

In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data that the reader can follow by clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. The text that is linked from is called anchor text. A software system that is used for viewing and creating hypertext is a hypertext system, and to create a hyperlink is to hyperlink (or simply to link). A user following hyperlinks is said to navigate or browse the hypertext.



Be careful with hyperlinks as it can fool you if you didn't check carefully. Hyperlinks for varies to the person. A person can choose to make it as CLICKABLE TEXT, IMAGE or PIC, ICON or LOGO like facebook or a LINK.

Example:
https://www.google.com/#spf=1581369720691
DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT THE HYPERLINK ABOVE! IT'S NOT REALLY GOOGLE AS WE CAN SEE. IT WILL REDIRECT TO WIKIPEDIA!



ALSO, be careful with hyperlinks because some are link to a file that will automatic download after you have clicked the hyperlink.

Here's  a guide on how to bypass it by TryNinja



Always to triple check whether it is safe or not and avoid clicking phishing link. You thought that it's the correct website but it's just a phishing site and a clone to the legit site. More information can be found on those links below.

Hovering to a hyperlink located below:


Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/difference-between-links-urls
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL
https://marketplace.webkul.com/create-seo-friendly-urls/
https://accessibility.umn.edu/core-skills/hyperlinks