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kabanka on July 19, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google URL Shortener links will no longer be avail...

Maybe they should publish the mapping of shortened url -> target page, for at least not losing all access to the legacy links

lostmsu on July 19, 2024 [–]

That would expose private links

kabanka on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

Sure, but it seems solve-able (even decoding urls one by one with captcha is better than nothing)

elcomet on July 19, 2024 | | [–]

They could publish it with public key encryption, so you can verify existing links without seeing all the links

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