HugeURL is a service that converts short URLs, like http://craphound.com, into huge URLs, like http://www.hugeurl.com/?
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Why not? After all, using TinyURL-like services rips all the semantics out of the URLs you send around, gives a third-party a way of spying on which URLs you're loading, and invites man-in-the-middle attacks by interposing an untrusted party between you and the server you want to talk to. Oh, and if the tiny-izer service tanks, your bookmarks all go blooie.