fer0n@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org · 8 months agoDiscord file links will expire after a day to fight malwarewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10 cross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
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minus-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoImages are files and are affected.
minus-squareNighed@sffa.communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI guess so, it depends how they are treating them though. Image files (probably) are not being used to distribute malware and are going to create a lot more dead links. Is this change live? We could probably test it. (Re read the article - not yet)
minus-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt’s been partially live for weeks. If you copy a link to a file, including images, the link has the new parameters on it.
Images are files and are affected.
I guess so, it depends how they are treating them though. Image files (probably) are not being used to distribute malware and are going to create a lot more dead links.
Is this change live? We could probably test it. (Re read the article - not yet)
It’s been partially live for weeks. If you copy a link to a file, including images, the link has the new parameters on it.