On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Ernie Kurtz <kurtz...@umich.edu> wrote: > James and Jeffrey and Andrea, thank you! I do appreciate the warnings. > > Now a related question: is it possible to corrupt an already tied URL? I am > working toward primarily print publication: if I put a tinyurl or is.gd link > in print, for the reader to key in, can it somehow be corrupted? Even if > there is an electronic version of what I write, can a link given in that > format be corrupted? I have been under the impression that malware lurked in > URLs posted online. Is that incorrect? > > ernie kurtz > >
Hello Ernie, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a URL being corrupted. I can say that at least with is.gd, once the URL is set it can't be changed (including being redirected to a malware or other bad site). So once you shorten a link to a good site, it stays that way (as long as the site itself does). Incidentally, if you're shortening a link yourself, reconsider the wisdom of doing so in bit.ly: http://benmetcalfe.com/blog/2010/10/the-ly-domain-space-to-be-considered-unsafe/ (That URL comes from is.gd.) PS: Feel free to call me Jeff - Thanks! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com Your mood can affect how you read this e-mail. Please read it with a smile. (http://tonecheck.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
