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>... you know you can trust it. If the URL is someone else, you know not to trust it. If HN readers are the "you" here, then that's accurate. If you're referri
by jjulius 5y ago
>... you know you can trust it. If the URL is someone else, you know not to trust it.
If HN readers are the "you" here, then that's accurate. If you're referring to your average person, then I would argue that the majority don't know this.
- dividedbyzero 5y ago> If HN readers are the "you" here, then that's accurate. Unless it's something very obviously shady, I could see myself fall for something like this.
- rjmunro 5y agoSadly that is true. Luckily, if they are using a password manager, it will do the right thing. Some work has been done on UX here, Apple seems to hide the URL and show only the domain name on iOS sometimes, which is interesting, but annoying. Firefox colour codes the domain name part in the URL bar, but it's pretty subtle.