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1. kens+71
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2023-08-15 04:20:25
>>xslowz+(OP)
I can confirm. NYT shows a five-second redirect delay: "wget
https://t.co/4fs609qwWt
". It redirects to gov.uk immediately: "wget
https://t.co/iigzas6QBx
"
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2. craftk+e3
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2023-08-15 04:37:03
>>kens+71
Oddly enough the delay is reduced to 1 second by using curl's useragent string (wget --user-agent='curl/8.2.1'
https://t.co/4fs609qwWt
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3. ilikeh+P5
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2023-08-15 05:09:16
>>craftk+e3
Seeing this makes me wonder if it's some sort of server-side header bidding ad server gone haywire, rather than something nefarious. Why would they only delay browser agents otherwise?
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