On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Frank Gruendel wrote:
> However, there is an inherent danger here. Harmful
> links can easily disguised that way. Plugins like
> Google or Safe Browser will consider these URLs
> harmless because they come from a domain (like e.
> g. tinyurl.com) that is considered safe.
Thanks for the reminder Frank.
Having never run into a malicious URL disguised as a shortened link,
perhaps I'm being too lax with trust of such services. It probably has
something to do with running an OS that isn't as susceptible to link-
based trojans or potentially infectious websites. Hell, I don't even
have my firewall turned on right now.
g.
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