Subject: Re: bug#26826: user trys to copy spam link but ends up contacting spam site

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 23:38:01 -0400

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積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> "u runs the command shr-copy-url, which is an interactive compiled Lisp
> function in ‘shr.el’.
>
> Copy the URL under point to the kill ring.
> If IMAGE-URL (the prefix) is non-nil, or there is no link under
> point, but there is an image under point then copy the URL of the
> image under point instead.
> If called twice, then try to fetch the URL and see whether it
> redirects somewhere else."
>
> The problem with this is the user thinks that u is safe to just copy
> links. Well a second press (no matter how it happens) ends up telling
> the spam site 'Yes the user read your spam mail. Send more.' or worse.

What do you expect Emacs to do differently?