What Information Can a Website Receive About You When You Preview a Link in Safari?

AndyTheGreat876 Said:

"What Information Can a Website Receive About You When You Preview a Link in Safari?: Hello Apple Community. I recently received a phishing email which contained a phishing link. Knowing that it was a phishing link, I didn’t enter the website. However, I accidentally previewed it. I am concerned as to what kind of information the attacker can receive about me when I preview a link? Thank you for your time. I did not provide any credentials, so I guess that’s good."

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Perform the Following:

A. Scan with Malwarebytes for Mac:

Malwarebytes searches for malware (short for (malicious software) and spyware. Those make your Mac act in a mislead manor. So scan with it, and remove what is found from the quarantine. It is created by longtime users of these forums making it the only reliable Security Software for a Mac. If synced with iPad connected, it may have got installed on your Mac.

Downloads:

1. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac
2. Malwarebytes Uninstaller

B. Clear the Temporary Internet Files:

Clear your Temporary Internet Files (Cookies & Cache) of Safari:

• Cookies perform remembrance of certain site-entered data.
• Cache keeps a snapshot of the last time you visited a site.

Go Here: Clear the History and Cookies from Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch - Apple Support

C. Having Clicked the Link:

With Security & Privacy being of High-Concern here, consider modifying your credentials, immediately. Pefroming the following is best at this point.  So, Consider...

• Modifying: your login credentials (using both a New eMail and a New Password) for Apple and each and all sites
• Associating: a different method of payment to your account
• Enabling: Two-Factor Authentication for Apple ID and for all other accounts that have such an applicable option

and...

D. Take Screenshots for Apple:

Take screenshots of this Application, and send the screenshots to Apple at reportphishing@apple.com. In the text field of the eMail, provide a brief discussion of what these images are all about.

• iPhone: Take a screenshot on your iPad - Apple Support (Drag-&-Drop to where you want it). It will be accessible in the Photos app.
• Mac: Take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support (View this: How to capture a portion of the screen) By default, it will be saved to the Desktop.

In general I would assume they can see your IP address and that you're on an iOS device. The iPad still needs to grab the normal info from the web server hosting the phishing site.

Since you didn't open the site, or provide any info, you can have great confidence that you are fine.

It's good to be cautious!