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Unicode means that domain names can be different and look the same unless you really look close. Even if you just stick to ascii l (letter) and 1 (number) look
by bluGill 1y ago
Unicode means that domain names can be different and look the same unless you really look close. Even if you just stick to ascii l (letter) and 1 (number) look so close that I would expect many people to not see the difference if it isn't pointed out. (remember you don't control the font in use, some are more different than others)
- 400thecat 1y agoI think, firefox allows you to display url without uncicode
- mdaniel 1y agoGiven a test of https:// news.ycombınator.com [1] it seems that no, hovering over the URL shows it in its rendered form data:text/html,<meta charset="utf-8"><body><a href="https://news.ycomb%C4%B1nator.com/login">login to news.ycombinator.com</a></body> and only by clicking it and getting an NXDOMAIN does one see the Punycode: > We can’t connect to the server at news.xn--ycombnator-1ub.com. 1: Ironically HN actually mutated that link, I pasted the unicode version news.ycombınator.com (which it seems to leave intact so long as I don't qualify it with a protocol://)