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The note says: 1) .gov means the site is official 2) https:// https:// means it's secure Author takes #2 out of context provided by #1 and argues that https:

• NoPicklez 7y ago
  From reading the article the main point was that https:// https:// doesn't mean it's the official page you're looking for, which is true. Just that the communication between you and whatever page it is, is secure. Following the authors article around acquiring a .gov domain it seems as though it was relatively easy for that particular person to obtain a .gov domain. The argument is that it still may be a phishing attempt even if it does have both https:// https:// and .gov. But of course we're relying heavily on the article around acquiring a .gov domain being correct.
• basch 7y ago
  I agree. A simple plus sign, to signify both are necessary for the conclusion to be drawn, would fix the message. However, as long as URLs read both right to left, and left to right, in the same string, its very hard to communicate to standard people what the "end" is https://example.com./.gov https://example.com./.gov ends in .gov, and the percentage of people that dont know a - is not a delimiter but / is and . sometimes is is high.