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Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by zodPod on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:31PM (#15919003)
Gives me an idea! Why not go buy up a bunch of these types of names then tell them that they look similar to their login url. THEN when they come to try to buy it they find you own it and then charge them an arm and a leg for the domain?!
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by cdancette on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:50PM (#15919095)
That's typosquatting and it's not very ethical. It's also in a grey legal zone, you might get sued for this.

So I would advise you not to do it.

Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by npgatech on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:58PM (#15919130)
Do you have any examples of "You might get sued for this"?
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by berbec on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:20PM (#15919242)
There is the horrible example of the nice computer company that had called itself by a certain name. [1] They registered their domain in good faith and conducted business. Later, a multi-million dollar car company decided they wanted the domain for the name they choose after Datsun and lawyered up on the mom-and-pop computer company.

1: http://nissan.com/

Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by toomanybeersies on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:53PM (#15919389)
Well they've made the most of their situation by putting ads on the page.

I can also get "complex web design" for $100 per hour from them. Judging by the quality of that site, I might pass.

Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by heartbreak on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:08AM (#15920082)
It’s an old site, looks like an old site, and only recently (last 5 years or so) started running ads. It has been 15 years since the lawsuit was first filed.
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by toomanybeersies on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:41AM (#15920193)
It says copyright 2016 on it...
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by justinclift on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:06AM (#15920466)
No, it says "Copyright © 1994-2016 Nissan.com". The layout and copyright indicates it was probably created ~20 odd years ago, and hasn't received significant updates in years.

The "2016" likely means they do minor/trivial updates now and again. Maybe it'll get a "2018" in the next 6 months or so too... :)

Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by EADGBE on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:13PM (#15924103)
Shhh... don't tell them about `new Date()`
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by simook on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:31PM (#15919292)
that sounds unfair.
Re:HTTPS on Your Landing Page Is Important by zodPod on Friday December 15, 2017 @02:42PM (#15934423)
To be fair, it was more of a joke but this is a really good point. I wasn't intending to do it but thank you for the warning!