Too legit to quit!

May 8, 2018 1:02 AM

Very Legit will take any URL & make it look dodgy as hell.

Try this one for instance: https://win2003.verylegit.link/8U70*m[uO409index.apk.pem.dmg. Or how about this one? http://win.a.free.ipad.verylegit.link/32-220email.virus.exe. Trust me, it's legit!

posted by scalefree (31 comments total)

Word of caution: you may not want to try this at work, it could trigger your company's web security filters.
posted by scalefree at 1:10 AM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

Ooh, a new shadyurl.com
posted by DoctorFedora at 1:12 AM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

It also appears to break the mefi front page on my phone.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 1:18 AM on May 8, 2018

Mod note: Added a couple of zero width spaces in the urls; let me know if this doesn't fix the problem with the front page rendering on mobile.
posted by taz (staff) at 1:45 AM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

Thanks taz!
posted by scalefree at 1:49 AM on May 8, 2018

Had some fun. Sent my buddy the link to the web agency he works for, saying "I thought you said you worked for someone LEGIT!" or something like that.
posted by Samizdata at 1:50 AM on May 8, 2018 [3 favorites]

Whoops, I meant to say, ooh, a new http://ctf.verylegit.link/732moneygram.json.docm
posted by DoctorFedora at 2:13 AM on May 8, 2018 [5 favorites]

Front page still totally broken on mobile classic - half of each post is off the right hand edge of the screen, but no scroll or zoom out is possible!
posted by Dysk at 2:15 AM on May 8, 2018

Mod note: Okay, scratch the spaces. I've put the urls under the fold, so the front page should be okay now.
posted by taz (staff) at 2:18 AM on May 8, 2018 [7 favorites]

> DoctorFedora:
"Whoops, I meant to say, ooh, a new http://ctf.verylegit.link/732moneygram.json.docm"

Welp, THAT was pretty meta...
posted by Samizdata at 2:33 AM on May 8, 2018

taz: Added a couple of zero width spaces in the urls

Sketch factor x10.
posted by clawsoon at 3:38 AM on May 8, 2018 [9 favorites]

I promise to use my gifts for evil only for good.
posted by taz at 4:17 AM on May 8, 2018 [18 favorites]

Taz, you glorious bastard.
posted by oddman at 4:33 AM on May 8, 2018 [3 favorites]

.....Uh, I can assume what I'm supposed to be seeing, but I click on the links in the post, and the pages don't look any different. Do I need to turn off my adblocker or something?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:45 AM on May 8, 2018

Ooh, a new shadyurl.com

that apparently handles odd characters in URLs rather better than shadyurl.com does.
posted by flabdablet at 4:57 AM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

I just tried to share this on Facebook, but the link was automatically removed and I got this warning:

This Post Can't Be Edited
Posts that look like spam according to our Community Guidelines are blocked on Facebook and can't be edited.

The Facebook link debugger also gives this message:

Warning: This Message Contains Blocked Content
Your message couldn't be sent because it includes content that other people on Facebook have reported as abusive.

So apparently it's too good.
posted by Woodroar at 4:58 AM on May 8, 2018 [10 favorites]

o.o

0.o

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0.0

I am concerned that if I accidentally mistype anything in the URL redirect that I will find something less so...
posted by Nanukthedog at 5:00 AM on May 8, 2018 [2 favorites]

Given enough tries, eventually some browser vulnerability will be inadvertently triggered.
posted by runcifex at 5:55 AM on May 8, 2018 [14 favorites]

^^ runcifex's law
posted by zippy at 6:28 AM on May 8, 2018 [13 favorites]

that's great / terrible
posted by ph00dz at 8:05 AM on May 8, 2018 [2 favorites]

I want to send these to my mom to test whether or not she’s been listening to my rants about not blindly clicking shit.
posted by AFABulous at 8:06 AM on May 8, 2018 [7 favorites]

I can't even bring myself to hover experimentally over those links, well done.
posted by poffin boffin at 10:12 AM on May 8, 2018 [5 favorites]

I just tried to share this on Facebook, but the link was automatically removed and I got this warning:

At one point I posted something to facebook where I talked about a hypothetical "malware.com" and FB said "You totally can't post that! What do you think you're doing anyway?!?". And it's just very funny to me that there could actually be a site malware.com that serves malware. It would be like going downtown and seeing a building with a big sign

C R I M E    P L A C E
now hiring - ask inside

Anyway I was able to replace it with malwar3.com and that was apparently AOK...?
posted by a snickering nuthatch at 10:34 AM on May 8, 2018 [11 favorites]

I wonder how quickly I can get fired from my banking job for this...
posted by gucci mane at 1:10 PM on May 8, 2018

MetaFilter: “Trust me, it’s legit!”
posted by New Frontier at 2:08 PM on May 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

Just for reference the first leads you to Google & the second to our own humble home on the Blue.
posted by scalefree at 3:25 PM on May 8, 2018

C R I M E    P L A C E
now hiring - ask inside

another Breaking Bad spinoff?
posted by AFABulous at 3:33 PM on May 8, 2018 [3 favorites]

AFABulous: I want to send these to my mom to test whether or not she’s been listening to my rants about not blindly clicking shit.

That sounds like it will backfire. "I clicked on the links and nothing bad happened. So what's your point?"
posted by clawsoon at 5:01 AM on May 9, 2018

What kind of jobs are available at this legitimate business C R I M E P L A C E you speak of? Do they need data wonks?
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:15 AM on May 9, 2018

"I clicked on the links and nothing bad happened. So what's your point?"

This or this or this should get the point across.
posted by flabdablet at 6:27 AM on May 9, 2018

I wonder how quickly I can get fired from my banking job for this...

First person I shared a link with runs the firewall.
posted by zippy at 10:40 AM on May 9, 2018 [1 favorite]