[Shop-talk] Tubes of chassis grease

[Donald H Locker]

Though true that the destination's page may be hacked or the DNS address
to the desired destination may be hijacked, at some point one must trust
that the system is reasonably secure. tinyurl obscures the destination,
so there is absolutely no way to know where one is going.

Note that removing the google click-tracker ("?gclid=" plus 313
characters) reduced the length of the URL to a very reasonable 38
characters, of which only 26 are required for any modern browser to
securely connect to the page.

When I go through a search engine, I always try copying and pasting the
link, then removing the click tracker ID before executing the "go"
command. The click traker ID is generally unnecessary and always
invasive :-)

For the truly curious, if you click on the tinyurl link, you will get to
the same link I shared <https://www.grainger.com/product/1MUC1> with
these extra 230 characters:

"?gclid=Cj0KCQiAlsv_BRDtARIsAHMGVSaJ6H7UZqtq8wDeFX1Xb8Gz9mymbdBNq2016x-zO9pgvpLMNWvaVDQaAs2YEALw_wcB&cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&ef_id=Cj0KCQiAlsv_BRDtARIsAHMGVSaJ6H7UZqtq8wDeFX1Xb8Gz9mymbdBNq2016x-zO9pgvpLMNWvaVDQaAs2YEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!456245466658!!!g!470562012602!&gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-1365:3GRDHM:20511231"

 attached, which is how Google knows where and when you come and go;
they also know then that Bob shared the link and how many people
followed the link that Bob shared! Removing the "?gclid" just increases
your (and Bob's) personal privacy a bit.

Donald.
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On 2021-01-04 12:49 p.m., Bob Spidell wrote:
> Gee, and I thought I was being nice by not sending a 700-char URL (what
> you get when you go through a search engine) ;)
> 
> Note apparently legit-looking URLs can be malicious, too, if someone's
> DNS--a notoriously unsecure protocol--server has been compromised.
> 
> On 1/4/2021 9:13 AM, Donald H Locker wrote:
>> For those who are (properly) leery of tinyurl (which can point to all
>> kinds of malware-infested locations) the product is Mobilgrease® XHP
>> 222, Blue, Lithium Complex, Multipurpose Grease, 13.7 oz, 2 NLGI Grade
>>
>> WWGrainger is one vendor. https://www.grainger.com/product/1MUC1 is
>> their page for it.
>>
>> [I use a special configuration of a secure browser for such
>> investigations; normally, I just let them pass because it's a major
>> pain, but good lubes are close to my heart.]
>>
>> Donald.
>> -- 
>>
>> On 2021-01-04 11:49 a.m., Bob Spidell wrote:
>>> I've had tubes of this stuff sitting on the shelf for years with no
>>> apparent separation:
>>>
>>> *https://tinyurl.com/y7vbdcec*
>>>
>>> On 1/4/2021 3:39 AM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 9:56 PM John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net> wrote:
>>>>>   There's no way for me to use an entire tube at
>>>>> once.
>>>> May not help you, but I bought a mini-grease gun that uses 3 ounce
>>>> cartridges.  If I do have one get squidgy, I'm not wasting as much.  I
>>>> don't own a tractor or a combine, so I don't need anything bigger.
>>>>
>