I routinely discard the last part of a URL if it looks like that, not because I'm mean and suspicious but just for brevity. For example, some interesting articles I read and pass on have links that end it "...?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us"; the link works just fine without it.
But I've never this type, and I'm glad to know what it does. Thanks, Paul. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Now there sits a man with an open mind. You can feel the draft from here. -Groucho Marx */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2023 15:58 That URL looked funny to me, so I asked on an Apple-centric forum and got: > The rest of the URL is critical. It means your copy/paste buffer is being > sent over the internet. It could be benign, like a text to voice app, a > grammar checker, a scanner program. Or, it could be what the last security > update was all about. > > You need to find out if the network location can be trusted, so look at the > first part of the URL. --- On Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:23:10 +0000, Bob T Roller wrote: >AI will pay handsomely. > >AI expert is a hot new position in the freelance jobs market >https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/10/ai-expert-is-a-hot-new-position-in-the- >freelance-jobs-market.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activ >ity.CopyToPasteboard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
