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Yeah, looks like _only_ the link label gets replaced, otherwise as you suggest it wouldn't be as bad.

• myself248 3y ago
  Why do browsers allow this by default? Seems like a feature made to enable phishing and other bad behaviors.
  • aavshr 3y ago
    The link I just clicked on to reply to your comment was `https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=39991931&goto=item%3Fid%3D39991173%2339991931 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=39991931&goto=item%3Fi...` but thankfully it just said 'reply' in the UI.
    • Karellen 3y ago
      I wonder if there's a browser extension that checks if the link text is a valid URL, but is a different URL (or just on a different domain?) than the actual link target, and adds some kind of warning for the user if so? I'm not sure what keywords I'd use to find an extension like that.
      • kibwen 3y ago
        This would break every website that wants to track what links you click on by sneakily rewriting the link under your nose. Which, to be fair, is a use case that I'm all for breaking, but it would make Google mad, so it won't happen.
        • Karellen 3y ago
          > This would break every website that wants to track what links you click on So, a plan with no drawbacks? > it would make Google mad, so it won't happen. Google doesn't control which browser extensions get written?