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That URL is utterly indecipherable by 99.99% of Internet users, so displaying it in full does absolutely nothing to protect users. The onus to protect against
by vntok 6y ago
That URL is utterly indecipherable by 99.99% of Internet users, so displaying it in full does absolutely nothing to protect users.
The onus to protect against a website takeover is on the domain/server owner, certainly not on the browser vendor although they try to mitigate simple attack vectors.
edit: added a few 9s
- takeda 6y agoWell, it switches that 99.99% to 100% now, so a step backwards. They already used colors to de-emphasize other components, this doesn't look like anything else than pushing people to rely more on google search.
- shadowgovt 6y ago> Well, it switches that 99.99% to 100% now, so a step backwards. Refraining from collecting malicious links happens before you click, by the time it's in the URL bar it's already pretty late to mitigate against attacks.