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"always look at the url bar"

I remember reading about a scam where the URL seemed legit, and the suspicious part was pushed after so much white space that it was no longer visible in the URL bar. I don't remember the details and I'd be curious to know if anyone remembers it. I remember even sophisticated users saying they might have fallen for it.




I've seen that with an @ symbol.

http://www.amazon.com@192.168.0.1/login


Scam works well since it is assisted by HN truncating the link. Then assisted by Apple because when i long press to see URL on iPhone it loads the website preview before i can see if it’s safe to click.


URL bars should condense whitespace or use an obvious graphic rendering.




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