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Notes -
In addition to directly injection malware as the other commenters have stated, clicking on a link will also reveal certain information about the person and their device:
The IP address, which can be mapped to a physical location with at least city scale accuracy.
The browser's user agent, which typically contains the OS, browser and its version. This may then be used to find exploits that are likely to work in a follow up attack.
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