Greetings. The tr.im URL link shortening service has announced an immediate shutdown in terms of new links, but promises that existing links will redirect until at least 12/31/09. They also claim that tr.im URLs in Twitter tweets "will not be affected" (whatever that really means).
Their announcement is here: http://tr.im/ The increasingly widespread use of link shortening services (for a variety of good reasons) brings with it a number of interesting issues and potential risks, including privacy-related and (as we see in this case) the longevity of existing links using such services, in the face of changing business conditions. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein [email protected] Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
