daventrytigers.co.uk

Facebook Messenger link from a private chat — in DNS

$ dig TXT daventrytigers.co.uk

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;daventrytigers.co.uk. IN TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:

daventrytigers.co.uk. 3600 IN TXT "https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.co.uk%2Fviewarticle%2Ffive-minutes-activity-day-keeps-anxiety-bay-2024a10000r6..."

What Happened

The administrator copied a link out of a Facebook Messenger chat (`l.messenger.com` is Facebook's outbound link tracker) and pasted it directly into their domain's public DNS. Decoding the URL reveals they were sharing a Medscape article titled "Five minutes activity a day keeps anxiety at bay." They have permanently enshrined their private chat history in the global DNS registry. The article is about exercise reducing anxiety. The irony is rich.

Full TXT Record Value

https://l.messenger.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medscape.co.uk%2Fviewarticle%2Ffive-minutes-activity-day-keeps-anxiety-bay-2024a10000r6...