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I agree however very few users even see or read the URL.

• cdmckay 4y ago
  They do when it’s shared them as a link
  • bryanrasmussen 4y ago
    do you have studies showing this? I think WE do when it's shared as a link, but I think most users get a message - here is that link: long blue text starting with https: for them to click on. And they click on the blue text but do not read.
  • hnlmorg 4y ago
    Not always no. smartphone software often abstract away that process. Plus even in those instances where links are manually copied and pasted, you're still overestimating the competency of the average user to identify the risk of state in URLs even when it seems bloody obvious to us technical folk.
• HPsquared 4y ago
  It's a question of security and privacy: what matters is what can be read from the URL.
• majewsky 4y ago
  If you deal with tech-illiterate users by putting everything in black boxes, you're contributing to perpetuating tech illiteracy.