Re: OT: TinyURL

2008-06-04 Thread Stroller
On 4 Jun 2008, at 18:12, Joseph Reeves wrote: > ... > TinyURL on the other hand... Why would anyone ever use that? I never > click on links unless I know where they link to. Here's a plan for > abuse: > > 1: Discover browser 0-day exploit > 2: Put up a gallery of FreeRunner pictures on a website >

Re: OT: TinyURL

2008-06-04 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb Stroller: > > On 4 Jun 2008, at 18:12, Joseph Reeves wrote: > > ... > > TinyURL on the other hand... Why would anyone ever use that? I never > > click on links unless I know where they link to. Here's a plan for > > abuse: > > > > 1: Discover browser 0-day exploit > > 2

Re: OT: TinyURL

2008-06-04 Thread nickd
DecentURL (http://decenturl.com) was created to circumvent problems like these. It was created by a Reddit user to do something like this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=r8JexiISPNk which becomes http://youtube.decenturl.com/stop-motion No more goatse? -Nick Stroller wrote: > On 4 Jun 2008, at 18

Re: OT: TinyURL

2008-06-05 Thread Joseph Reeves
I'm sorry, but this is a pretty ridiculous argument: Company A releases a largely redundant service that does little more than expose its users to a potential attack vector. In return, Company A releases a second service to try improve the security of its first. Why bother with either? My email c

OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread AVee
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as an > example - look

Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided > > by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that

Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: > > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: > > > > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many > > > sites insist on using. Generally you don