+++ Raj Mathur [21/05/08 00:09 +0530]: > >Please don't post tinyurls to lists. A number of people (including me) >treat all tinyurls as suspect, for a number of reasons: > >- You can't make an informed decision on whether to go to the site or >not.
Context should make it clear. Clicking on tinyurl links without context might be risky though. > >- A malicious user could post a tinyurl to a malware/infection URL. If you have an issue with tinyurl security, you really should enable the preview option at tinyurl.com. That way tinyurl will never redirect you without showing the url first and you accepting to be redirected nevertheless. > >In general, best to post the complete URL. Long URLs are often broken in mails in this list(and a pain to reconstruct later), and I am personally quite ok with tinyurl(and its security). But yes, people who have not setup preview mode in tinyurl may be at "risk". In any case, it would be polite to atleast mention the domain name of the link where tinyurl will redirect you to (ala slashdot). - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya http://blog.sandipb.net _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
