URL Shortener. Solution or Security Risk ? http://balaskas.gr/blog/2011/02/14/url-shortener-solution-or-security-risk/
Ok i have to admit that large urls are un-friendly, difficult to share and sometimes have privacy info.
Url shorteners provide anonymity and a short-friendly url to use and share.
But they are also a security risk! Browser security is something that we take very light, but we shouldn’t!
When someone sends me a url shortener i have to use a web browser to click on it and see the destination page. With simple urls i have to just mouse over (firefox 3) to see the destination.
Sometimes people send me spam or urls that i dont wish to open or see.
I believe that the design of url shorteners is just wrong!
People should be able to see or even test the urls before they click and open on them.
Browser hijacking is one form of malicious code that url shorteners make it extremely easy !
An idea:
Like google’s “Instant is on”, a similar action should be done with url shorteners.
With mouse over (or whatever else you like) the destination domain/url should reveal to the client.
And then if he/she agrees to verify for open the destination url to a new tab/window.
A simple chrome/firefox extension shouldn’t be that hard.
Or you have a different opinion ?
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For greek people:Το 90% των ανθρώπων δεν ξέρει καν τι είναι το 16αδικο. ΔΕΝ αναφέρομαι σε επίπεδο DNS ούτε σε MAC. Είναι un-friendly !ipv6
For greek people: ένα παράδειγμα έδωσα μεταξύ ipv4 & ipv6. Οποιοσδήποτε με IQ > 40 μπορεί να καταλάβει. - Ειι Μήτσο για πες μου την ip σου ?
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@martinum4 that’s what i’ve done. The problem just got smaller, the issue exists! But i can live it for a few hours as it is.Need more debug
@jemadux i dont think so that @kboukouvalas use a linux distro :P
@darwinsurvivor thats a nice idea, i’ll try a fedora usb stick later
@martinum4 yes of course. I even test the xorg-input jumpy synaptic - reinstall xorg-input-synaptics … nothing :( Any ideas ?