Secure URL Shortener
Shorten long links or mask your destination URL behind a privacy-first referrer-stripping redirect. No account needed.
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Enter any valid web address. Choose between a private masked link or a publicly-accessible compact alias.
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Privacy links are encoded in your browser — zero server calls. Compact links are aliased via our secure server proxy with no client CORS exposure.
Share & Redirect
Copy or scan the QR code. Privacy links strip referrer headers before forwarding. Compact links use a public global CDN alias.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Privacy Mask and Compact Link?
Privacy Mask encodes everything in your browser. The destination is never seen by our servers. Compact Link calls a public URL shortening service (is.gd) and creates a shareable short alias that anyone can access.
Do you store the URLs I shorten?
For Privacy Mask links, absolutely not — the destination is encoded client-side and we never see it. For Compact Links, the destination URL is sent to is.gd, which is a third-party service with their own privacy policy.
What does "referrer stripping" mean?
When you click a normal link, the destination website can see which page you came from (the referrer header). Our Privacy Mask gateway removes this header, so the destination never learns where the visitor originated.
Do Privacy Mask links expire?
No — Privacy Mask links never expire. The destination URL is encoded in the link itself (not in a database), so they work as long as the link is shared. However, they can be long due to base64 encoding.
Why Use a Privacy-First Shortener?
Standard URL shorteners are tracking dashboards in disguise. Every click is logged with your IP address, browser fingerprint, device type, and location. TempNova's Privacy Mask strips tracking metadata and routes through an anonymization layer before the redirect, giving recipients a clean, traceable-free transition to the destination.