IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 12/20/2007 11:19:43 AM:
> >There are significant issues with people using tinyurl and such, > and it's a mistake more often than not. > How about a little elabouration (for a change)? > What are the issues? > And, why is it a mistake? The issue is that it may send an unwary recipient to an unsafe site. Supposedly there are sites that will somehow infect your machine just by being viewed. Or it may be to a known site that I wouldn't care to visit, such as doubleclick, or that I don't want to show up in the usage logs at work, such as www.sex.com. > For once, I would like to hear some evidence, rather than blanket > declaratives! I don't think I've heard of any examples of problems with tinyurl, but it's not something I'd hear about. The tinylink site says: "Hide your affiliate URLs "Are you posting something that you don't want people to know what the URL is because it might give away that it's an affiliate link? Then you can enter a URL into TinyURL, and your affiliate link will be hidden from the visitor, only the tinyurl.com address and the ending address will be visible to your visitors." In other words, deceiving the visitor is one of their goals. And given the political content of the tinyurl site, I don't trust them to have my best interests at heart. By the way, there's an option, controlled by a browser cookie, that claims to display the destination link for you, rather than sending you directly to it. > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- Jack Hamilton Management Information & Analysis - Analytic Information Services Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. 1950 Franklin Street, Oakland, California 94612 +1 510 987-1556 (KP tieline 8-427-1556) NOTE: This email document and attachments are covered by CA Evidence Code §1157 and CA Health and Safety Code §1370. NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
