The trick is to add a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that exposes what the original link was that got reduced. If you desire to click through to the destination or not, you can then choose.
If you wish to attempt this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, but including 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 trick 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 “+” trick with a bunch of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the only one besides Bitly that Ive discovered it to deal with..
Whats the technique?

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Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, constructing good digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that all of us ought to be assisting our students do. Showing them little tips like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can help our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

Recently I composed
an article about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly shortened URL without actually clicking the link. The trick is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking it. If the that worked with other URL shortening services, a few people emailed me to ask. The answer is it deals with
TinyURLs..

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