URL shorteners
Kutt privacy rating
Open source URL shortener with custom domains, password-protected and expiring links, and link statistics. Can be self-hosted, and the developers run a hosted instance at kutt.to.
Summary
Kutt scores 56 out of 100 (grade D) on the URL shorteners criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets TLS configuration. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D-.
Score 56 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No telemetry or analytics in the source code, and kutt.to loads no third-party scripts.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by premium plans and donations, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D- (25/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.