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TIL: `mocha:` was a custom schema that Netscape Navigator used to eval URLs (equivalent to `javascript:`), and Yahoo! Mail would replace it with 'espresso' to attempt to thwart phishing attempts:

https://www.obscure.org/javascript/archives/msg01369.html

https://www.cnet.com/news/yahoo-mail-puts-words-in-your-mout...




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