In message , at 20:53:02 on Sun, 3 Jan 2021,
Recliner remarked:
Alternatively, use Tinyurl to give you a short one that will be
redirectedto the original.
http://www.tinyurl.com
Many people are suspicious of those.
Yes, url shorteners are inherently capable of collecting data on who is
looking at which [page of] a website. Not only does that give each user
a history, but if someone was interested they could link together all
the people who looked at one particular page.
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Roland Perry