Most of the people on twitter, tweets with shortened URLs. Have you ever thought of the risk involved in those links? Since the shortened URLs won't give you much details about the page you are about view, you might be fooled. We cannot blame twitter or shortened URL providers for the cause, so be cautious rather than be a fool later.
What should I do
- Avoid clicking
The best option is to avoid clicking on the link, if you don't trust / know the person who tweeted.
- Long URL addons
There is an addon for mozilla, Long URL Please which will help to expand the shortened URL into the actual long URL.
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here to read what Symantec says.
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