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Dat domain name. Yeah, stop those cute domain names. I never got the memo on Youtu.be, I just had “learn” it was okay. Of course people started to let their gu

by ivape 1y ago

Dat domain name. Yeah, stop those cute domain names. I never got the memo on Youtu.be, I just had “learn” it was okay. Of course people started to let their guard down because dumbasses started to get cute. We all did dodge a bullet because we’ve been installing stuff from NPM with reckless abandon for awhile. Can anyone give me a reason why this wouldn’t happen in other ecosystems like Python, because I really don’t feel comfortable if I’m scared to download the most basic of packages. Everything is trust.

1-more 1y ago
of all people my mortgage servicer is the worst about this. Your login is valid on like 3 different top level domains and you get bounced between them when you sign in, eventually going from servicer.com to myservicer.com to servicer.otherthing.com! It's as though they were training you to not care about domain names.
- wzamqo 1y ago
  Paying US taxes online is just as bad. The official way to pay tax balances with a debit card online is to use officialpayments[.]com. This is what the IRS advises you to use. Our industry is a clown factory.
  - LorenDB 1y ago
    Wells Fargo apparently emails from epay@onlinemyaccounts[.]com.
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jvdvegt 1y ago
What about aka.ms, which is a valid domain for Microsoft. Why didn't they use microsoft.com, or windows.com? I always wonder if this aka is short for 'also known as'.
- dymk 1y ago
  They use that domain name because it’s used for short links