https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/01/10/human-pig-heart-transplan t/9152951002/

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On 10 Jan 2022 at 04:42p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/01/10/human-pig-heart-tran t/9152951002/

any chance you can post short URLs like a bit.ly or tiny url version in the future? It's a killer to cut/paste those longer suckers :)

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On 10 Jan 2022 at 04:42p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

any chance you can post short URLs like a bit.ly or tiny url version in the future? It's a killer to cut/paste those longer suckers :)

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But that was the link for the site. How do I convert it then?

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The Millionaire wrote to Avon <=-

On 10 Jan 2022 at 04:42p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

any chance you can post short URLs like a bit.ly or tiny url version in the future? It's a killer to cut/paste those longer suckers :)

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But that was the link for the site. How do I convert it then?

go to tinyurl.com, paste this long url into one box, and then it gives you
a short url that will redirect to the longer one.


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go to tinyurl.com, paste this long url into one box, and then it gives you
a short url that will redirect to the longer one.

... The number you have dailed...Nine-one-one...has been changed.
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Do you have to register or pay for this service?

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The Millionaire wrote to Blue White <=-

go to tinyurl.com, paste this long url into one box, and then it gives you
a short url that will redirect to the longer one.

Do you have to register or pay for this service?

In past, when I have used it, you did not have to pay for it.


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Re: Re: First pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in n
By: Avon to The Millionaire on Tue Jan 11 2022 03:36 pm

On 10 Jan 2022 at 04:42p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/01/10/human-pig-heart-t t/9152951002/

any chance you can post short URLs like a bit.ly or tiny url version in the future? It's a killer to cut/paste those longer suckers :)

URL shorteners are dangerous because they require extyra effort to determine if the endpoint may be dangerous or not.

That is the reason why SMS phishers use URL shorteners. They make easier for grannies to visit poisonous links.

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On 12 Jan 2022 at 02:55p, Arelor pondered and said...

any chance you can post short URLs like a bit.ly or tiny url version in future? It's a killer to cut/paste those longer suckers :)

URL shorteners are dangerous because they require extyra effort to determine if the endpoint may be dangerous or not.

we need some kind of BBS shorthand equivalent I guess...

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Re: Re: First pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in n
By: Avon to Arelor on Thu Jan 13 2022 10:10 am

URL shorteners are dangerous because they require extyra effort to
determine if the endpoint may be dangerous or not.

we need some kind of BBS shorthand equivalent I guess...

BBSly, perhaps? :P

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On 12 Jan 2022 at 01:40p, Nightfox pondered and said...

BBSly, perhaps? :P

sounds good to me :)

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Re: Re: First pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in
By: Nightfox to Avon on Wed Jan 12 2022 01:40 pm

Re: Re: First pig-to-human heart transplant offers hope for thousands in n
By: Avon to Arelor on Thu Jan 13 2022 10:10 am

URL shorteners are dangerous because they require extyra effort to
determine if the endpoint may be dangerous or not.

we need some kind of BBS shorthand equivalent I guess...

BBSly, perhaps? :P

Nightfox

Maybe something that, upon clicking the link, sends you to a webpage which reads: "You are being taken to $target_link. Are you sure you want to go there? Yes/No"

Some URL shorteners provide some way for testing which is the target link before you visit it. Precisely because sometimes the target link is "evil_scamming_site.com/your_tracking_ID", so when you hit it, the evil_scamming_site gets to know who opened the link via the tracking_ID.

(Example case, when they send targetted links to three members of an organization, and each member is assigned his own tracking link and gets an unique link in the email as a result. If one hits the link, the scammer will know which person was the one who bit the bait).

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