URLong

Changes text and target of shortified link back to original

What is URLong?

URLong is a Chrome extension that changes text and target of shortified links back to the real destination URL. It retrieves and displays the original URL when you hover over a short link, eliminating tracking and allowing you to visit the desired webpage directly.

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By: swaplabs.tech

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: N/A

Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2017-03-05)

Creation date: 2017-03-05

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
https://ajax.googleapis.com/

Size: 34.70K

Email: sw*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 192579 ▼ 1464

Other rankings

#10173 in Social Networking ▼ 22 #9 in destination keyword 3 ▲ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Changes text and href of shortified links back to the real destination URL so you see and potentially visit the real destination URL instead.

How?

When you hover over a shortified link, a query is sent to https://urlong.swaplabs.tech to retrieve the destination URL of the shortified URL. The link's text and href attributes are changed to the destination URL after receiving the response (for now, configuration is coming!).

No tracking!

Using an external service to retrieve the destination URL has the added bonus of not being tracked anymore because you don't visit the shortified URL. You go straight to the URL where you are supposed to go.