NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] tr.im URL shortening service shutdown, effective immediately
Greetings. The tr.im URL link shortening service has announced an immediate shutdown in terms of new links, but promises that existing links will redirect until at least 12/31/09. They also claim that tr.im URLs in Twitter tweets "will not be affected" (whatever that really means). Their announcement is here: http://tr.im/ The increasingly widespread use of link shortening services (for a variety of good reasons) brings with it a number of interesting issues and potential risks, including privacy-related and (as we see in this case) the longevity of existing links using such services, in the face of changing business conditions. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren@vortex.com Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein