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There are lots of contexts where you can't use an href tag. Twitter maybe?

• CydeWeys 3y ago
  This supposed attack doesn't work on Twitter either (or Gmail, or anywhere else I can think of). The full URL doesn't get linkified because of the very contrived use of Unicode slashes in the username portion of the URL.
• lostmsu 3y ago
  This may be a twitter problem, but it is not a web problem.
  • faangsticle 3y ago
    Email (people have been told to look at the little popup that shows where a hyperlink goes for like a decade now) Pretty much any chat application Pretty much any website that allows comments, like HN
    • rainonmoon 3y ago
      ...the same email where you can modify links to appear as whatever you'd like anyway? Same goes for HN etc. This is overblown.
      • faangsticle 3y ago
        Like I said "people have been told to look at the little popup that shows where a hyperlink goes for like a decade now" > Same goes for HN etc No. Show me if you think you can.