Posted by Els on 09/27/05 19:24

Stewart Gordon wrote:

> Els wrote:
>> Stewart Gordon wrote:
>>> Michael Winter wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't forget that some people (a couple of regulars, at least) don't
>>>> like redirected URLs.
>>> Any idea why?
>>
>> Because you can't see where they go. They could go directly to a virus
>> or something scary.
>
> Just about any URL could go to a virus or something scary, redirected or
> not. Usually, the result of following a redirecting URL is identical to
> that of going to the URL it redirects to directly.

Sure, but with a full URL you get to decide whether you think it is a
trusted site or file. TinyURL doesn't give you that option.

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