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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoSo the preview should be federated as well? How many requests are we actually talking about here, though? Is that better or worse than everyone clicking the link?
minus-squareMax-P@lemmy.max-p.melinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoThere’s some problem with a federated previews: tricking one instance into generating the wrong preview would spread to every instance. It’s been exploited for malware and scam campaigns in message apps.
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months ago2 requests per instance - one for the HTML of the page and another for a preview image.
So the preview should be federated as well?
How many requests are we actually talking about here, though? Is that better or worse than everyone clicking the link?
There’s some problem with a federated previews: tricking one instance into generating the wrong preview would spread to every instance. It’s been exploited for malware and scam campaigns in message apps.
2 requests per instance - one for the HTML of the page and another for a preview image.