[tor-bugs] #15529 [HTTPS Everywhere: Chrome]: Redirects to spammy sites from Sched.org shortlinks

Wed Apr 1 20:45:30 UTC 2015

#15529: Redirects to spammy sites from Sched.org shortlinks
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks               |      Owner:
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  HTTPS Everywhere: Chrome  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 I can confirm what you're seeing.

 Sched.co links are rewritten to bit.ly links by HTTPS Everywhere
 internally, maintaining the relative part of the URI. This causes the
 faulty redirect to spammy URLs.

 You can see this is what's happening by replacing the 'sched.co' with
 'bit.ly' manually when browsing while HTTPS Everywhere is disabled. You'll
 end up on the same spammy sites.

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