URL lengthener
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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Elongator.
It's a perfectly cromulemt word.
NextDNS actually blocked this domain!
Bruh Brave nuked it
^___^
Classic version of this is used way back in my tech support days.
https://www.mikelacher.com/work/shady-url/
Edit: looks like it’s dead. Dang.
To be fair "shortener" is a misnomer here as it can actually make a link longer in making it suspicious.
It would be very funny if they left something like Facebook links as-is
Love the energy, but a link obfuscator is exactly the sort of thing that needs to be open source before I feel comfortable using it (regardless of creepiness) xD
Bookmarked. I don't know why. But, it is. Bookmarked now.
For anyone that post a suspicious link that doesn't redirect to Rick Roll: shame on you!
I remember this as ShadyURL, but seems like that one is down.