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The URL of the actual app is terrifying. I was certain the site had been hijacked when it redirected to the most suspicious looking URL imaginable at the domain "drv.tw": https://lzdmsmujepoc2xlgp13srg-on.drv.tw/Don%27tTouchYaFace/... (HN shortens this, but I think the real kicker is the '.com.html' at the end)

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drv.tw is a "Google Drive to web" proxy. It lets you stick an html file on google drive and have it on the internet.

I'm not sure how it pays for itself - after all, every byte served has to go through their servers, and running a service like this I can imagine a lot of illicit content gets posted too (requiring a lot of admin time).

Why not just use github/lab pages?

From the 3rd question of the FAQ:

> Why does it open in a new tab with a different URL?

> Setting up websites is hard and I got frustrated and you're not paying anything, so...

I have no idea why someone would go through all this trouble when you can just drag and drop a folder onto Netlify or Zeit.

Because setting up websites is hard and they got frustrated.

And we're not paying anything.

I have no idea what those are, but I know what google drive is.

Am I so out of touch that I've never heard of these 2 sites that everyone else is intimately familiar with? How did you become familiar with them OP?

Netlify has shown up here on HN occasionally. I don't recognize the other one.

I mean, he was able to put that website up and running (the main url), then another bizarre sketchy URL. What's up with paying something? How much is hosting, like $2 a month?!

https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/models/1lXY78MD/

Also terrifying... I mean, it's google... after all - Pretty sure my android device knows when I'm touching my face when it's turned off.

You can always run it through https://verylegit.link

result:

http://win2003.verylegit.link/15notice.dmg.docm

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