The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got reduced. If you want to click through to the destination or not, you can then choose.
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 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.

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

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

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 somewhere else, it has actually been used without approval.

Last week I composed
a post about how to see whats concealed behind a Bitly reduced URL without actually clicking on the link. 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. The response is it deals with
TinyURLs..

Applications for EducationAs I composed last week, developing good digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody ought to be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our students build their digital citizenship and cyber security skills.