Re: TinyURL

On Tuesday 18 January 2005 09:55 am, Ric Fischer wrote:
> > Heh, and for those of use using a proper mail client, it still wrapped
> > because all HTML was stripped from the message for display :)
> >
> > Better way to avoid line wrap in URLs... tinyurl.com :)
>
> My favorite is SnipURL at http://www.snipurl.com/

Both of those can be very handy, no doubt about that... but they can also be
mildly dangerous. I have a policy of NEVER clicking on a tinyurl or snipurl
while at work. The problem with both is that they completely hide what the
original URL was. So the link to "how to setup a firewall" that you *think*
you are following might really be goatse (or worse).

So, handy.. but I still prefer the long URLs, even if I have to cut and paste
to get them to work.
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