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tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective immediately
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:18:48 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: August 9, 2009 6:36:58 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective immediately Dave,The tr.im URL link shortening service has announced an immediate shutdown
in terms of new links, but promises that existing links will redirect until at least 12/31/09. They also claim that tr.im URLs in Twitter tweets "will not be affected" (whatever that really means). Their announcement is here: http://tr.im/ The increasingly widespread use of link shortening services (for a variety of good reasons) brings with it a number of interesting issues and potential risks, including privacy-related and (as we see in this case) the longevity of existing links using such services, in the face of changing business conditions. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () vortex com Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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