Advice Request Suspicious link on Instagram bio

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AdamBull

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Quick question, I am a super paranoid person so maybe it will sound pretty stupid. I am asking here specificaly for Android phones, through Intagram app in my case.
So a profile followed me on instagram and just out of curiosity with my android phone I clicked on the link that was on the bio of this profile. I am 99% that the profile is fake. So when I clicked on the link, it redirected me to this website and I got a "website doesn't exist". I closed it immidiately. I know that some hackers use websites that if you just visit you can get hacked.
So my question, can I get hacked this way ? Or it could be just a lucky stupid move by me and it really was just a fake link ?
I ran also a paid antivirus and no malware was found. Like I said maybe it's a silly question as I am super paranoid.
 
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I think you are fine. I doubt you were targeted by a 1-click zero-day exploit. If you where I wouldn't be using Instagram or let alone a mobile 🤖.

Honestly, I think you are fine unless you have an Android phone many years old. Worst case scenario your device was somehow fingerprinted from the link you clicked but most likely not! You are probably safe, but you learnt a good lesson NEVER click on random links on social media. :cool:
 
Yeah, watch out for questionable ladies on IG with 0 following and followers, telling you to meet in perosn on their bio link.
It looked like a legit profile with more followers than folowing and actually one of my friends was also following it. And maybe it actually is real but with a strange/fake link in the bio. That's why I assume it's fake.
 

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