From: David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And clicking through tinyurl (or any proxy) provides yet *another* leak
for your browsing history to escape through.
Interestingly enough, my work internet filters block tinyurl. In order
to get to a page referenced by a tinyurl, I have to chain through
On 20 Dec 2007 13:11:28 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walt Farrell)
wrote:
In response to that concern, TinyUrl allows you to specify that you want to
preview the long link before clicking through. You can specify that option
at tinyurl.com if you want.
In addition, anyone creating a TinyUrl link
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee
On 20 Dec 2007 13:11:28 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walt Farrell)
wrote:
In response to that concern, TinyUrl allows you to specify that you
want to preview the long link before clicking through.
On 21 Dec 2007 07:52:12 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chase, John) wrote:
http://makeashorterlink.com/ says this now:
Make A Shorter Link has been acquired by TinyURL.com
TinyURL is committed to making sure that the short links made via Make a
Shorter Link, TinyURL, and similar services remain
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 19:19 +, Ted MacNEIL wrote:
There are significant issues with people using tinyurl
What are the issues?
And, why is it a mistake?
As someone else noted (I think it was Ed Gould), I'm uncomfortable
clicking on a link when I don't know in advance where it's going. Work
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:52:39 -0500, David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As someone else noted (I think it was Ed Gould), I'm uncomfortable
clicking on a link when I don't know in advance where it's going. Work
politics, y'know.
Tinyurl has a preview feature that you can turn on (yes, it sets
I'm uncomfortable clicking on a link when I don't know in advance where it's
going.
I've always told people where mine are going.
They're usually to articles I have written for IBM Systems Magazine.
I hope people trust me, at least.
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Too busy driving to stop for gas!
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:52:39 -0500, David Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As someone else noted (I think it was Ed Gould), I'm uncomfortable
clicking on a link when I don't know in advance where it's going. Work
politics, y'know.
In response to that concern, TinyUrl allows you to specify that
And clicking through tinyurl (or any proxy) provides yet *another* leak
for your browsing history to escape through.
Yup - can't fix that with any service like this.
Use a decent browser - preferably running on a decent O/S.
And of course there's always lynx (and its ilk). Bit light-on for
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