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A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/04\/researchers-cracked-microsoft-googles-shortened-urls-spy-people\/\">team of security researchers at Cornell<\/a> decided to test how easy it&#8217;d be to generate random short links to see if they work.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s what they found<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Out of 70 million randomly generated short links, 24,000 were live and the team was able to access content ranging from articles to navigation instructions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The team found sensitive content such as addresses and directions of personal residences, businesses, hospitals, and jails.<\/li>\n<li>1,700 of these links allowed anyone to upload or edit files and folders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This last point is a huge security risk because an attacker could easily upload malware to cloud services, which then distributes itself through automatic device and account synchronization. Once on a computer or a device, the attacker can collect personal information or gain control.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson here is one of the basics of cyber-security &#8211; assume that anyone can see what you post. Take the extra click and and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capsulink.com\">secure short links<\/a> with a password or use a custom domain. 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