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Pazuzu HSPsounds too boring but I should read it someday
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INF 6107Billet dirigé: Résumez ce billet en français.
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Shanta RohseDo URL shortening services link with integrity?
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M McBrideA new and potentially unreliable middleman now sits between the link and its destination. And the long-term archivability of the hyperlink now depends on the health of a third party.
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barb dybwadSo there are clear benefits for both the service (low cost of entry, potentially easy profit) and the linker (the quick rush of popularity). But URL shorteners are bad for the rest of us.
The worst problem is that shortening services add another layer of indirection to an already creaky system. A regular hyperlink implicates a browser, its DNS resolver, the publisher's DNS server, and the publisher's website. With a shortening service, you're adding something that acts like a third DNS resolver, except one that is assembled out of unvetted PHP and MySQL, without the benevolent oversight of luminaries like Dan Kaminsky and St. Postel. -
Kristina Hoeppnerlooks at the dark sides of URL-shortening services
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A variety of greasemonkey scripts resolve shortened URLs and replace them inline.
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