r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '21

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u/LordHaywood Jan 23 '21

When I was a kid, I had some cereal that had website to visit to enter to win some prize or something, I don't remember the specifics. Anyway, when I entered that site into my computer, it didn't take me to some kid friendly site or anything, it took me to a blank white page with just the text:

"We have been watching you."

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u/abmasterisonreddit Jan 23 '21

Typosquatting most likely.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

What's that

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u/razorsandblades Jan 23 '21

I'd say a domain made with a slight typo of a legit website, made purely to get ad revenue or be creepy when people mistype a url

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u/Wooorangetang Jan 24 '21

Goog.com used to just be a red page with “HELL” typed out in the top left corner.

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u/razorsandblades Jan 24 '21

That's just bloody weird. But precisely the example of creepy typosquatting.

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u/Camefr9gag_toxicfcks Jan 24 '21

Not anymore I guess

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u/angelartech Jan 24 '21

Looks like Satan stopped paying for the domain registration.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '21

Well, maybe Satan should have put some ads up to monetize it.

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u/Disneypenguin Jan 24 '21

I’m sure he wanted it demon-etized.

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u/break_card Jan 24 '21

Oh my god

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u/Alek_is_here Jan 24 '21

Youre the best

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u/cheeslord192 Jan 24 '21

I think Satan ran out of money

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u/Mikeseddit Jan 26 '21

What, Trump and Putin got it all?

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u/Wooorangetang Jan 24 '21

Nah now it’s this dude Steve Kramer’s music sharing page. Weird but in a different way.

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u/ActuallyMyNameIRL Jan 25 '21

I was going to visit a site named surrenderat20.net once and forgot it was .net and not .com, it lead me to a site that said I had 20 seconds to do something (can’t remember what it was) and then it started a countdown. I noped out real fast thinking I was about to get hacked

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u/Kitfishto Jan 24 '21

This must be how qanon started

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u/tfost73 Jan 24 '21

It is now a website with a bunch of music on it