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I still don't quite follow the purpose of the validation. Is it against malicious use? In normal use, I would think that pretty much any URL that's good enough

by eli 12y ago

I still don't quite follow the purpose of the validation. Is it against malicious use? In normal use, I would think that pretty much any URL that's good enough for the browser sending it would be good enough for the link shortener.

mathias 12y ago
But then you might end up shortening things like `about:blank` by accident.