{"id":14480,"date":"2019-07-02T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=14480"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:24","slug":"reveal-short-urls-use-them-with-caution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/02\/reveal-short-urls-use-them-with-caution\/","title":{"rendered":"Reveal short URLs, use them with caution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png 371w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-200x140.png 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-288x200.png 288w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-60x42.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortened URLs, such as those from bit.ly and goo.gl, make it easy to type in a web address quickly but hard to tell where your web browser will actually take you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Before clicking a shortened URL,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/tips\/shortened-url-security-tips#reveal\">check for the full URL<\/a>. Most URL shorteners\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/tips\/shortened-url-security-tips#atum\">those used at U-M<\/a>\u2014include a preview feature. In addition, there are several URL checkers available on the web.<\/li><li><strong>Before creating or sharing a shortened URL,<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/tips\/shortened-url-security-tips#alternatives\">consider alternatives<\/a>. If you must use one, make clear where it goes.<\/li><li><strong>Be aware<\/strong> that criminals use shortened URLs to direct people to phishing sites and initiate malware downloads. If you are suspicious of a shortened URL, don&#8217;t click it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/tips\/shortened-url-security-tips\">Shortened URL Security Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortened URLs, such as those from bit.ly and goo.gl, make it easy to type in a web address quickly but hard to tell where your web browser will actually take you. Before clicking a shortened URL, check for the full URL. Most URL shorteners\u2014including those used at U-M\u2014include a preview feature. In addition, there are several URL checkers\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/02\/reveal-short-urls-use-them-with-caution\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[488,420,111],"class_list":["post-14480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-cybersecurity","tag-url","tag-web"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-200x140.png",200,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-288x200.png",288,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",371,258,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Short-URL-image.png",359,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Janet Eaton, ITS Information Assurance","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/jmfeaton\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Shortened URLs, such as those from bit.ly and goo.gl, make it easy to type in a web address quickly but hard to tell where your web browser will actually take you. Before clicking a shortened URL, check for the full URL. Most URL shorteners\u2014including those used at U-M\u2014include a preview feature. In addition, there are&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14485,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14480\/revisions\/14485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}