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by lanaer 5914 days ago
So it is important to also check the URL in your address bar _after_ you click, as well. This trick won’t be able to fake that.
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ominous_prime 5914 days ago
But would you always catch it if you were redirected to www.youtube.com.you1ube.com/something?

Or possibly worse - http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else

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Pistos2 5914 days ago
When hovered, then clicked in Opera:

opera:illegal-url-24

Error!

Invalid URL

The URL http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else contains characters that are not valid in the location they are found.

The reason for their presence may be a mistyped URL, but the URL may also be an attempt to trick you into visiting a Web site which you might mistake for a site you trust.

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lanaer 5914 days ago
In this I rely on my browser to filter deceptive characters in domain names.

When I hover over the link you gave (or click it and see it in the address bar), it looks like http://www.youtube.xn--combad-site-hx3f.com/something_else (which lets off plenty of flags for me).

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