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BSMedia · #5 11-10-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Standard links can be used for exactly the same malicious purpose. Its not something unique to short links.

i agree, but then the domain and site thats being linked to isn't masked and we can see where the link goes hence increasing our security and reducing the chance of being taken to a spyware inflicting site

EX: http://thisisabadsite.com/thatinstall/spyware.exe can be made to bit.ly/47cGv and no one will have a clue until people click and are infected

What is one good need for masking URL's on a site like vB.org however. There is no character limitation imposed on the length of posts, so there really isn't a need to hide the actual URL unless it was up to no good.

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