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		eli on June 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shrturl: Faking the web since 1942 Check the URL bar carefully?

valarauca1 on June 5, 2014 [–]

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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