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"Using abbreviations" of URLs is pointing to wrong addresses. A phishing attempt can perfectly use this misconception. This is not even malpractice. I am not

"Using abbreviations" of URLs is pointing to *wrong* addresses. A phishing attempt can perfectly use this misconception. This is not even malpractice. I am not saying the user in question is malicious. I am sorry to repeat myself, but URLs don't admit abbreviations

stackghost 5mo ago
Oh, so you admit to purposely playing dense by asking if it was a typo, to obliquely make a pedantic argument about phishing? I hate this fucking website sometimes.
- insom 5mo ago
  Thanks for trying. I assumed that ia.ch was clearly shorthand for internetarchive.ch but maybe one can't assume anything.
  - Barbing 5mo ago
    Assumed same. Good point we shouldn’t abbreviate URLs in case they get typosquatted? Just raised in a very indirect fashion
Barbing 5mo ago
Wait was that right in the sibling comment