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by gpderetta 2179 days ago
Clicking on links on linkedin emails on android would redirect to the appstore every few clicks. Was that also recommend by the security team?

Fixed by switching to firefox and blocking redirects.

1 comments

That’s how deeplinking works.
I'm not an expert, but i understand that redirecting to the app store is an explicit decision on part of the developer (and in Fact it only happens randomly), and a very anti-user one.

The security excuse is used as a way to increase conversion.