There is a simple fix to that: just type "preview." in front of the URL
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ybneseb
So it shows you the URL in full length.
Donald Norman schrieb:
> A non-design, technical question! Neat. The rule from the experts in
> security is simple and straightforward:
>
> DO NOT USE TINY URLs. They are dangerous, for who knows what evil lies
> behind the mask.
>
> Possible exception. There are "expander" plugins for the popular browsers:
> Explorer, safari, Firefox, Chrome, that can expand the URL and tell you what
> the full name says. But you have to remember to use it, and then you still
> have to be expert at decoding the full URL because malicious folks are
> clever at inventing legitimate looking names (by exploiting the fact that
> most people do not understand the syntax of URLs and the distinctions of the
> meanings of ".", "/" and "-" ("-" has no meaning!), the importance of
> knowing the domain name (edu, au, com, ...) and the meaning of escape
> symbols such as "%".
>
> To make matters worse, some legitimate companies put their special services
> under URLs that look fictitious, and despite years of effort trying to
> educate companies not to do this, they still do it.
>
> Tiny URLs are a brilliant design solution, but unfortunately, the prevalence
> of bad guys has destroyed their virtue.
>
> For more information, simply search for "tinyurl security concerns"
>
> Don Norman
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi GK,
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>> You suggested looking at http://tinyurl.com/ybneseb
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>> Do you know a way to know in advance whether a tinyurl link is safe, where
>> it goes to, or whether it points to a site that presents security issues
>> e.g. has a drive-by Trojan or similar?
>>
>> They seem to present a security issue.
>>
>> Terry
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