Thanks, Jeff, you answered my question thoroughly: is.gd URLs are trustworthy so long as the site to which they point is legitimate. I assume the same is true for tinyurls, but with so many being warned about them, it would seem wiser not to use tinyurl (even though I prefer all lower case to is.gd's melange). And from what the link you sent says, it seems wise to avoid .ly domains. What is gd, by the way, Greenland?
Thanks again. ernie On Feb 24, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Jeffrey Deutsch wrote: > 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
