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Not sure I follow. Why wouldn't a browser download it?


I assume they mean:

<script><a href="/honeypot">Click Here!</a></script>

It would fool the dumber web crawlers.


I remember seeing browser extensions that would preload links to show thumbnails. I was thinking about zip bombing crawlers then realized the users of such extensions might receive zip bombs as well.




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