Unless you're a "techie," you may not know what a "URL
shortener" is, but most of us -- Internet surfers, users of
social networks and even emailers -- use them all the time
without knowing it.
If you're a crook, the fact that we use them without knowing
is very useful because it means if they can tamper with them,
they can load malware onto our PCs, also without us knowing.
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