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Agreed. I wrote an IRC bot that says the html <title> of the page being linked to if it is behind a shortening service. I was surprised by the number of people
by Skywing 16y ago
Agreed. I wrote an IRC bot that says the html <title> of the page being linked to if it is behind a shortening service. I was surprised by the number of people that actually wanted the bot back whenever I initially disconnected it.
- rakkhi 16y agoSure but these services are hardly new, tinyurl has been around for years and I am not aware of a study linking them to a material increase in phishing. Bottom line with phishing is that people that fall for it are not technical and would click on a link regardless of whether it is short or full. This is also why in the anti-fraud business we don't place much reliance on measures like site to user authentication - they just don't work If you do like to see the full URL try, Chrome muse extension. It can shorten and expand URL's: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/digfdjelalmeldlplgcapchelgnlkomc?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/digfdjelalmeldlp...