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

The trick 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. You can then choose if you wish to click through to the location or not.
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, however adding a “+” at the end of that TinyURL will take you to the page where you can see the original link without clicking it.

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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 couple of people emailed me to ask if the that worked with other URL reducing services.
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Applications for EducationAs I wrote last week, developing great digital citizenship and cyber security skills is something that everyone ought to be assisting our students do. Showing them little tips like this one to prevent clicking on suspicious links is one of the manner ins which we can help our trainees develop their digital citizenship and cyber security abilities.

The technique 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 reducing services. If you see it in other places, it has actually been used without authorization.

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

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