PSA: Truncating the displayed URL of links can hide the fact that they may be direct file download links. Phones don't have a hover functionality so you may find yourself downloading a file you didn't intend to. This just happened to me a few minutes ago.
@Bliss
I caught it and cancelled mid-download. Just a stray touch while scrolling. I'm sure the person who posted it was not posting anything malicious, but if someone was...
users should always add what the url is like (pdf url) etc << i am one user who does
Tip:
you can share the URL to google keep long press tap share < a wee pop-up box appears showing the full URL with a "save" if i wanna save it to keep or just cancel by tapping anywhere outside the pop-up
i use a PWA for CoSo but that should also work in app on Android anyway
amazing the number of people who never got rick rolled these days and have no concept of checking links
@Kinnison
But there's not an easy way to check links on your phone. I was just scrolling a timeline here and suddenly found myself downloading a PDF file I never intended to.
If I see a truncated link, I use https://wheregoes.com to trace the link.
@bbbourq
Cool; I've not seen this before.
@voltronic
I try to be careful but that does happen even to the saviest of us. Hope all is ok.