How to See What’s Hidden Behind a TinyURL

Last week I wrote
The technique is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A couple of individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services.
TinyURLs..

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 original link was that got reduced. If you desire to click through to the location or not, you can then decide.
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, however adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

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

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, building excellent digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone need to be assisting our students do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

This post originally appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. It has actually been used without approval if you see it somewhere else. Sites that routinely steal my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

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

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

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