How to See What’s Hidden Behind a TinyURL

The technique is to include “+” 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 reducing services. If you see it somewhere else, it has actually been used without authorization.

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

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

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

Last week I composed
The trick is to include “+” 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.
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, constructing excellent digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone need to be assisting our trainees do. Showing them little suggestions like this one to avoid clicking on suspicious links is one of the ways that we can assist our students construct their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has actually been used without consent. Sites that routinely take my (Richard Byrnes) work include CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

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