Q: I've been frustrated trying to use twitter here at school. I'm getting some great resources from the people I follow, but when I click on the links, they are blocked with a "security.proxy" warning. Is there a way to work around this? Is this due to the abbreviated links?
A: Yes, this is due to the shortened links. I often have the same frustration. Twitter has made services like bit.ly, tr.im, and tinyurl.com very popular. The URL shortening services are seen as proxy sites, and are a growing security risk. This is because you can't see what site you are really going to before you go there, so you can't make a smart decision about whether it's a safe site or not.
The solution:
http://longurl.org/
In the strange world of the Internet, the site above is meeting this need by expanding shortened URLs so you don't blindly follow a link that will install malware or something. So, although annoying, the solution is to resolve those shortened URLs using longurl.org and then deciding whether it's safe to go to them.
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