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		HellsMaddy 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The weirdest tool I own is also one of the most us... The link to the Amazon product looks like a non-affiliate link when you hover over it. But if you click, as soon as the mousedown event fires, they swap in an affiliate link. How rude!

mzs 19 days ago | [–]

clean link: https://www.amazon.com/Ear-Wax-Removal-Tool-Camera/dp/B0BDFW...

HeavyStorm 19 days ago | [–]

Wow, that's b terrible. And worse, I wasn't aware this could be done in thinking of many ways it could be exploited to phish users

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