You can stop this by changing the settings in your browser. In Firefox go to about:config and search for browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction and toggle it so that it says true.

Go to about:config and set “browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction” to true

Go to about:config and set “browser.navigation.requireUserInteraction” to true

If you want to help but find configuration hard you can easily help by running a Snowflake proxy on your phone or in your browser.

I have configured my phone run a Snowflake proxy every time my phone is connected to WiFi and charging. It’s automated and does not require me to do anything. I have turned on notifications that tell me every time I’m helping someone connecting to Tor. It gives me a good feeling every time.

The sender is generating the link preview on Signal. Would this not eliminate the threat for the receiver? Not my field.

You shouldn’t give out your real email address. I instead use randomly generated email addresses that forwards emails to my real one. I can easily deactivate any forwarding email address and therefore stop any unwanted emails.

It works really well and also has other benefits like for example knowing who sold your information if you start receiving spam.

You also gain a bit of privacy and security from being a tiny bit harder to track and your credentials being less valuable in the case that the company you gave the random address to has a data breach.

This video explains the concept very well.