This is a horrible conclusion. Google+ will check to see if the URL has metadata that it can add to the link. I believe Facebook might do this as well. A URL s

This is a horrible conclusion. Google+ will check to see if the URL has metadata that it can add to the link. I believe Facebook might do this as well. A URL shortener might grab metadata from the page, hence the access. I don't think this title is appropriate, nor is the article or its premature conclusions.