[IP] tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective immediately

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: August 9, 2009 6:36:58 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: tr.im link shortening service shutdown, effective immediately


Dave,

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


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