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use of tiny url
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:15:15 -0800
________________________________________ From: Dave Wilson [dave () wilson net] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 4:06 PM To: David Farber Subject: use of tiny url Dave, a friend of mine who also works in security was complaining about a post I made on IP today containing a NYT link via TinyURL. I use TinyURL as a courtesy to avoid extremely long links that will break for many people. However, i recognize that TinyURL could be used to obfuscate a link to a malevolent Web page. You can minimize this risk by going to the TinyURL Web site: http://tinyurl.com/preview.php and enabling the preview function (you'll have to accept a cookie). In the future, clicking on any TinyURL link will take you this page where you can inspect the actual URL and decide if you want to proceed. This is a new feature of TinyURL, created in response to obfuscation problem. -dave
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