The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive at a safe TinyURL page that exposes 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 desire to try 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 technique 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 somewhere else, it has been used without consent.

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

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, constructing excellent digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everyone must be helping our trainees do. Showing them little ideas like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our students develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

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

Recently I composed
a post about how to see whats hidden behind a Bitly shortened URL without really clicking on the link. The trick is to add “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. If the that worked with other URL reducing services, a couple of people emailed me to ask. The response is it deals with
TinyURLs..

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