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https://unshorten.link

I work in security and have a paranoia of shortened links (bit.ly, t.co). I got frustrated with the options out there that forced me to right click every shortened link or paste it into a site so I made this Chrome extension / web app. It is pretty simple and keeps a list of 300+ shortened link services to check against. If your browser ever visits one it redirects you to the site to expand the link. It will also hit the Google Safebrowsing API to see if it is known to be malware plus will strip out tracking cookies.

It's been fun and rewarding watching my little extension grow to global use of over 4k users.



Does anyone know of a Firefox equivalent of this extension?


No, but you can use Chrome Store Foxified to install most Chrome extensions in Firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-...


That's pretty neat!


It's in the works!


Relevant PSA to file away:

http://goo.gl/zxcvb2+ (toy link, doesn't work)

Note the + at the end: it gives you a detailed statistics page that also tells you what the URL points to.

(NB, the stats come from JSON that seems easy to fetch; ratelimiting/"that's not a browser"-checking untested.)


This is a great tip. I had no idea this existed.


Does it warn you if someone sends you a link designed to log your IP address and browser? e.g. one generated on http://grabify.link


It'll expand a goo.gl link which would then display the Grabify link. The extension does not support Grabify but will certainly be adding it. I'm not a fan at all of these IP trackers.


This is something I have been looking for, thank you!


brilliant




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