[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29501: website previews appear when hovering over links in spam comments

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#29501: website previews appear when hovering over links in spam comments
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 Reporter:  dbcarlton     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Comments      |     Version:  3.9.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 Replying to [ticket:29501 dbcarlton]:
 > (I'm also not convinced that this behavior doesn't have security
 implications - I do think that there are security reasons not to navigate
 to malicious websites.)
 Just in case you weren't aware, this is done on the server side over at
 Akismet in order to generate the thumbnail images. Neither your browser
 nor your own server is navigating to the site.

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