The Perils of URL Shortners
By @edent
· bit.ly goo.gl NaBloPoMo privacy statistics url · 2 comments · 200 words · read ~724 times.
I'm not a big fan of URL shortners - bit.ly, t.co, goo.gl, ow.ly, etc - I understand the need for them, but they seem to offer a fairly poor service in terms of privacy and usefulness. Take this recent example from Vodafone. Aside from the obvious downsides (user doesn't know where the link will take […]
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