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Life in New Zealand, Unfiltered

A personal blog by Mardy — leaving Japan, chasing love, and building a life across the ocean.

Guides

  1. How To Use A Proxy List To Inspect Redirects PrivatelyA redirect can reveal more than the final page address. The receiving server may record your IP address, browser details, approximate location, referral data…
  2. Why Some Sites Show a Blank Page to Bots but Content to HumansA blank page can look like a technical fault, yet sometimes it is a deliberate response to the visitor’s identity. Websites may serve a full page to a person…
  3. What a Cookie Consent Prompt on a Bare Page Means for PrivacyA nearly empty webpage with a single “Click here to proceed” link can feel harmless, especially when there is no logo, article, contact detail or visible…
  4. Comparing a Blank Website With Phishing Database RecordsA webpage that shows only “Click here to proceed” gives an investigator very little to work with. There may be no company name, contact details, product…
  5. Why a Domain With No History Can Still Be Trusted or DistrustedA domain with no visible history creates an unusual trust problem. A new website may belong to a legitimate project that has not launched properly, while an…
  6. Legal Duties of a Website With No Visible ContentA website that shows only “Click here to proceed” is not technically blank. The link can redirect, set a cookie, record an IP address, pass a campaign…
  7. How to use browser DevTools to inspect a click here button’s eventA page containing only “Click here to proceed” gives you little context about who operates it or where the link leads. An obfuscated URL parameter can conceal…
  8. Why webmasters hide the real page through a meta refreshA page that offers only a generic proceed link, with no operator name, content, or contact details, gives visitors almost nothing to assess. The label may be…
  9. What the Response Time of a Bare Page Reveals About Its ServerA page containing only “Click here to proceed” looks almost too empty to have a performance history. It still requires a DNS lookup, network connection, TLS…
  10. How to spot a website that's still being built or quietly redactedA mate sends you a link over a flat white in Brunswick, you tap it on the train between Redfern and Central, and all that loads is a faded logo, the words…