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

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

Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, developing excellent digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that everybody must be helping our students do. Revealing them little pointers like this one to avoid clicking suspicious links is one of the ways that we can assist our trainees construct their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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Recently I wrote
a blog site post about how to see whats concealed behind a Bitly reduced URL without really 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 reducing services. The response is it works with
TinyURLs..

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 reducing services. If you see it in other places, it has been used without approval.

The trick is to add 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 shortened. If you want 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 on it.