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The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A few individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services.
TinyURLs..

Heres a video overview of how to see whats behind a TinyURL without actually clicking the link.

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The technique is to add a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got shortened. You can then choose if you want to click through to the destination or not.
If you desire to try this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, but adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking on it.

The technique is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services. If you see it in other places, it has actually been utilized without consent.

Ive attempted the “+” technique with a bunch of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the only one besides Bitly that Ive found it to work with..
Whats the trick?

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, building good digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that all of us should be helping our trainees do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is one of the methods that we can assist our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.