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by avarun 869 days ago
It linked to the browser’s website. The only actual restriction on these computers was usually that you couldn’t access the address bar to type in arbitrary URLs.
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I don't remember the specific restrictions, but I remember that you could only click links that were on the allowed site.

So if you tried to go to example.com, you would be redirected to bank.com. But if a link on bank.com got you to example.com, you could visit it that way.

Obviously address bars are one of the restricted things. I feel like there might have been others, but I don't recall the specifics.