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MostlyHarmless

Rick Astley has done a better job of preventing people from clicking random links than any corporate cyber-security training.

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felis_catus_domesticus

@MostlyHarmless I think goatse.cx won the gold medal in its day.. but that was the web 1.0 era.

Andrew

@felis_catus_domesticus @MostlyHarmless I was trying to explain why rick was a lot more wholesome than the old alternative but eventually realised that the conversation was a mistake.. sites getting updates to indicate where links were actually taking you to avoid clicking on that....

bituur esztreym

@felis_catus_domesticus @MostlyHarmless
yes. goatse is the Ur-thing.
i&i miss bonsaikitten, cunnicornord.html, and many rotten pages of rotten.com too ;:)

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

@MostlyHarmless @freeplay I just read an in depth article posted by @babe on this which analyzes how much it's improved security awareness.

glitterkitten.co.uk/@babe/1135

🩷💜 PYNK 💜🩷

@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social
the kinds of people who need training for not clicking random stuff don't even know what rickrolling is

Irenes (many)

@MostlyHarmless honestly, it's a good point. we always found the joke mean-spirited, but it does benefit people.

Shaula Evans

@MostlyHarmless True to his word, he in fact has never let us down.

Rich Felker

@MostlyHarmless The only legitimate corporate anti phishing training is sending rickrolls. No tracking who clicked, no rewards or punishments except the glory of hearing Rick Astley.

mcSlibinas

@MostlyHarmless and it was made with a smile, no hate or fear was used. Amazing phenomenon!

Søren Sandager Sørensen

@MostlyHarmless Teaching me to click them when I'm in the mood to listen to a banger!

Tara Bethany Allard

@MostlyHarmless are you suprised?

He did tell us:

… Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

bituur esztreym

@MostlyHarmless
there's even a (valid) QR-code celebrating it in .gif

Ed Davies

@MostlyHarmless I hope the irony of multiple spam toots with short URL links (from mastodon.social, of course) as replies to this is not lost on anybody.

@revk

Der Tobi

@MostlyHarmless He would never gonna give us up, let us down, run around and desert us.

SuperDicq

@MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social

Work computer gets infected with malware
Oh well who cares whatever bro
I get rickrolled
FUCK NEVER AGAIN

Zergling_man
@MostlyHarmless What if I told you that clicking random links isn't even dangerous if you have your settings set correctly?
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