Be Mindful of Privacy & Security with Shortened URLS- Goo.gl Known Security Flaw Benefits Those who Know How to Use It

Most people have become accustomed to shortened URL's. The purpose is to take some long link, and make it much smaller in the number of characters. More devious usages of shortened URL's is to change a link to a porn website to something like www.bla.gl/sje so the viewer right away doesn't know where the link they are clicking is going to go. 

In the second scenario mentioned this has been a concern for some time, and there is an easy fix http://www.longurl.ORG (*See asterisk below for important longurl info) This website will allow you to enter any shortened URL, and show you where it leads to. Protecting you from accidentally clicking on a shortened URL that you wouldn't have clicked in the previous days of hovering ones mouse over the link to show where it leads.

"OLD" Style of checking destination of a link -

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Google Reads Your E-Mail Before You Send It (But Everyone Already Knew)

One of the biggest big brother issues that has recently been revealed has been that of the PRISM program. A N.S.A. program that installs hubs into the servers of various companies, and collects EVERYTHING, on EVERYONE without a warrant.

Leaked  Official PRISM Slide - with PRISM targets.

Unfortunately this has been known for quite some time by the people "in the know" sort to speak, however, it has been obvious, but ignored by those who had this information put literally in front of their faces.

Proof that Google actively reads e-mail as you type, at the least reads them before sending them for the apologists.
Image from screenshot of GMail composition 6/12/13 - As if 6/28/13 image still appears.

The above image is taken from a screenshot of a GMail user attempting to send an e-mail. In the body of the e-mail it said "I have attached", however, there was no files attached to the e-mail. The writer had chosen to embed the said file, and used the phrase attached, instead of uploading it as an attachment. Due to this Google decided to nicely warn the user they may have forgotten to attach a file - it also alerts the user that the contents of all E-mail is read not only when sent, but before it is sent.

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