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by OJFord 3284 days ago
If I were trying to send someone to my nefarious website, I'd definitely now wrap the link in this, so that the savvy viewer would think it's a harmless verylegit.link...
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sleepychu 3284 days ago
You already have that same deal with bit.ly and friends.

http://bit.ly/2saifoB http://bit.ly/2t5xNhB

Which is safe and wonderful and which is dangerous?

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bryant 3284 days ago
For the uninitiated: just add a + to the end of any bitly URL to expose metrics and preview the destination.

http://bit.ly/2saifoB+ http://bit.ly/2t5xNhB+

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sleepychu 3283 days ago
This is neat, I hadn't seen it before.
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Programmatic 3284 days ago
RequestPolicy Continued in FireFox, and perhaps other plugins that control/restrict cross-site requests, asks for permission before redirecting to superdodgysite.com and safeandwonderfulsite.com. It's not a feasible solution for the masses, but I really like the control over browsing that it gives.
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OJFord 3284 days ago
Yes, absolutely. And on Twitter with its damn t.co hrefs even though the text is a truncated version of the real thing.
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