On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Dale Erwin <d...@casaerwin.org> wrote: > The whole point about tinyurls being untrustworthy is that they hide the > real url and you never know what you are actually clicking on. Many > unscrupulous people take advantage of that to send malicious links to all > sorts of places and so now people are hesitant to click on such a link > unless he knows and trusts the person who sent it. Someone else pointed out > that with is.gd it is possible to preview the site to see where you are > going before actually following the link. It has nothing to do with a link > getting corrupted. > > Dale Erwin > Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03 > Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU > http://leather.casaerwin.org
Hello Dale, Yes, I posted earlier in detail on ways in which anyone can preview an is.gd link. One way is putting a - right at the end for each link you want to preview. Andrew, very interesting point about finding out more from the long URL. The preview page for a shortened URL should provide the long URL. In any case, I see no harm from also providing the long URL as long as it's crystal-clear that the two are equivalent. Cheers, 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) > On 2/24/2013 3:33 PM, Ernie Kurtz wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
