I noticed in some of the photos people are posting from Fosdem that the nostr booth there is using w3.do links in its flyers/handouts. Possibly related?
PSA: https://w3.do (the domain that I own and proxy to the nostr URL shortener) that is maintained by nostr:npub1alpha9l6f7kk08jxfdaxrpqqnd7vwcz6e6cvtattgexjhxr2vrcqk86dsn (the backend shortener part) has experienced a mass scam/spam/phishing attack. The service has been restored, but the root cause has not been addressed. Since all of the burden for abuse responses falls on me, I cannot always keep-up with the takedown notices. The service is free, so rely on it as such. 🫡
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Their links are fine, there are armies of opportunists running around and looking for a low hanging fruit like this to be able to link to their next scam.
Makes sense. I didn’t mean to imply that the booth organizer was doing it, but just thinking maybe someone seeing it’s being used there took the opportunity to try and attack the service.
