Do URL shortener services generate safe URLs?

Dramaticus,

I emailed the author. He contacted SURBL. They say that bit.ly is now using the SURBL black list but that they don't prevent shortening of black listed URLs; instead, they show the warning that you saw. He's changed his post.

Post that to the author? Maybe he can get the SURBL folks to look into it. Has bit.ly changed back end shorteners?

Went to bit.ly.

Shortened http://blizzard.warcraft.info-management-review.net/security... to http://bit.ly/e61JJQ.

Went to http://cli.gs/ (which blocked all in the article) It happily shortened http://bit.ly/e61JJQ to http://cli.gs/qdbui1x

When I clicked on it cli.gs kindly draws me a preview image of the bit.ly warning page that says

"STOP - there might be a problem with the requested link"

I have no idea who wins that round !