[Enigmail] First signed message -- Is tinyurl.com safe and reliable?

[James Gillespie]

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John W. Moore III wrote:

> No, I was referring to the Link that displays Your Key at the Big Lumber
> Site.  Usually this is a very long Link so most of Us use
> www.TinyURL.com to covert it into a shorter link.  

John,

This is no doubt an old and settled issue on this list, but I could find
no way to search the list archives for past discussions.

Zone Labs does not advise connecting to tinyurl.com. ZoneAlarm Spyware
Blocker blocks the site by default. Gurus on the ZA forum claim that
tinyurl.com "does not check and bar links containing malware" and that
it "is known to actually send the user to the wrong site or list".
(http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=Antivirus&message.id=27514&query.id=27973#M27514)

Of course, you would not recommend tinyurl.com if you considered it
unsafe for the purpose at hand, but I thought I should get your input on
this Zone Lab position.

James
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