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allochthon
on June 5, 2014
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Shrturl: Faking the web since 1942
The OP's site is really clever. Your Github page shows that it significantly lowers the barrier to MTM attacks. I wonder what ways there are to protect users against this kind of spoofing.
eli
on June 5, 2014
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Check the URL bar carefully?
valarauca1
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Indeed, an actual link shortener would show github.com/yada/yada/yada. Since it only redirects you. Notice shrturl.co doesn't.
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