There is nothing inherently wrong with a short URL, provided that supporting infrastructure has proper security. Even now, if you connect to your favorite “tru

There is nothing inherently wrong with a short URL, provided that supporting infrastructure has proper security. Even now, if you connect to your favorite “trusted” long domain names, nothing stops that from being totally hijacked by an untrustworthy Internet service provider or other entity that has access (or more insidiously, inserting crap like ads that were not in the original source). And heck, long URLs are suspicious as well. I’m sure by now everyone has received one of those ridiculous "important@facebook.com.kdsjfksdjfkdsfjdskfjdskfjdskfjdskfjdskfjdskfjdskfs.oopsmalware.com". The push should be for broader adoption of mechanisms that make it hard to subvert what you download, and easy to verify what will happen when you click a link.