Opera browser in Dapper

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Sat Jun 3 03:04:43 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:56:36 +0100
arsenic23 <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:

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> I just installed 
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> wget http://tinyurl.com/hzqe3

The problem with posting links like this as "Tiny URLs" is that if you
click the link you are "flying blind" - in this case, linking directly to
a debian package that may or may not be "safe".
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> It may not be the 'right' way to fix this problem.  But it works for
> now.

As I pointed out above, the "Tiny URL " tells people nothing about the
package, and links directly to a package download. The download might be
fine for all I know - but it might just as easily be a trojaned package.

In general, I encourage people to be wary of such links. 

Peter




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