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Recently I composed
an article about how to see whats concealed behind a Bitly shortened URL without really clicking on 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 few individuals emailed me to ask. The answer 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 few individuals emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL shortening services. If you see it elsewhere, it has been used without consent.

The technique is to include a “+” to the end of any TinyURL address in order to land on a safe TinyURL page that reveals what the initial link was that got reduced. If you desire 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 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.

Applications for EducationAs I wrote recently, constructing great digital citizenship and cyber safety skills is something that everybody need to be assisting our students do. Revealing them little tips 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 abilities.

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

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