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07 Apr

Security and Privacy Implications of Framed URLs

Tagged burnurl, diggbar, microblogging, networking security, privacy, security, url shortener, web
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My last post focused on SEO drawbacks of framed URL shorteners which is mostly a concern for content creators. I later realized that URL shorteners which frame entire pages, like the Diggbar and BurnURL, are even worse than I originally though. These services are not only stealing page rank points (and arguably stealing content) they are shifting the third-party distrust to the target site and essentially become a man-in-the-middle.

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