> google-secure-payments.google.via.net How does hiding www help with that? It seems to me that a decent scheme to make the domain-owner more visible would be

> google-secure-payments.google.via.net How does hiding www help with that? It seems to me that a decent scheme to make the domain-owner more visible would be to separate out the domain and display it separately from the entire URL, the way that Safari does. I'm not a fan of Safari's changes, but at least its easy for me to see how they could improve security -- it's a decision with real benefits, and the only question is whether they outweigh the downsides. But it's difficult for me to imagine a phishing scenario where hiding `www` will make things better. The only scenario I can think of (where `www` redirects to a different site) is made worse by hiding it from the URL.