Comment I don't believe TinyURL Weakens Security (Score 1) 270
Ok here are my 2 cents.
While many spammers and phishers have tried to use tiny url they are not usually successful. I believe that as long as the links are remove quickly by TinyURL, it will not be an effective tool for spammers and other unscrupulous people and will remain safe to use. Tiny URL seams (to me) to be very diligent at removing links that violate its terms of service by removing them quickly. Additionally if someone puts the link in again, it creates the same tinyurl which stays invalid. I personally have never clicked on a tinyurl link that goes to a "bad" place, but have seen several attempts, and they all go to a default page stating the link referred to violates the TinyURL terms of service and has been removed for you safety (or something like that).
Nothing is going to stop ill informed stupid people from doing stupid things on the internet but I see this service as a great innovation and useful tool.
While many spammers and phishers have tried to use tiny url they are not usually successful. I believe that as long as the links are remove quickly by TinyURL, it will not be an effective tool for spammers and other unscrupulous people and will remain safe to use. Tiny URL seams (to me) to be very diligent at removing links that violate its terms of service by removing them quickly. Additionally if someone puts the link in again, it creates the same tinyurl which stays invalid. I personally have never clicked on a tinyurl link that goes to a "bad" place, but have seen several attempts, and they all go to a default page stating the link referred to violates the TinyURL terms of service and has been removed for you safety (or something like that).
Nothing is going to stop ill informed stupid people from doing stupid things on the internet but I see this service as a great innovation and useful tool.
