Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, constructing excellent digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone must be helping our students do. Revealing them little tips like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

Ive attempted the “+” trick with a bunch of other URL shortening tools and TinyURL is the just one besides Bitly that Ive discovered it to deal with..
Whats the trick?

The trick is to add “+” 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 shortening services. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without consent.

Recently I wrote
an article about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly reduced URL without really clicking the link. The technique is to add “+” 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 couple of individuals emailed me to ask. The response is it deals with
TinyURLs..

This post initially appeared on FreeTech4Teachers.com. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without permission. Websites that routinely steal my (Richard Byrnes) work consist of CloudComputin, TodayHeadline, and 711Web.

The trick 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 want to click through to the location or not, you can then decide.
If you desire 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 original link without clicking on it.

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