Guide
Guide
Short, practical walkthroughs of the checks worth doing before you trust a link, a message or a QR code. Each guide is written and kept current by Vaibhav Dhama, who builds and tests the checkers on this site.
How to check a suspicious link without opening it
A step-by-step routine: read the real domain, expand shorteners safely, check reputation and domain age, and weigh the message the link came with.
Read the guide →Last reviewed 9 September 2026
How shortened URLs can hide destinations
How link shorteners work, why the destination is invisible by design, the tricks built on top of them — chained redirects, cloaking, delayed switches, QR codes — and how to reveal where a short link really goes.
Read the guide →Last reviewed 9 September 2026
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