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 elsewhere, it has actually been utilized without permission.

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The trick is to include “+” to the end of the Bitly URL to see whats behind it without clicking on it. A few individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services.
TinyURLs..

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to arrive on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the original link was that got shortened. If you want to click through to the location or not, you can then decide.
If you wish to try this with a TinyURL, tinyurl.com/emkns9a8 will lead you to the page for the Practical Ed Tech Virtual Summer Camp, but adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the initial link without clicking it.

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

Applications for EducationAs I composed recently, building great digital citizenship and cyber security abilities is something that all of us need to be assisting our trainees do. Revealing them little ideas like this one to prevent clicking suspicious links is among the manner ins which we can assist our trainees build their digital citizenship and cyber safety skills.

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

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