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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by ubercow13 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @07:11AM (#23516791)
What about reducing phishing? Seems more obvious
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by guerrilla on Sunday June 14, 2020 @08:55AM (#23517334)
Why assume good intentions when economic incentives (which we already know they have) already explain it?
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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by ubercow13 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:43AM (#23517582)
What are the other browsers' intentions then, who are doing almost the same thing? What about the economic incentive of generally increasing trust in the web and ecommerce, which is highly relevant to their core business?

Also consider the sibling comment about AMP - looks like they already have special behaviour for that so this is barely relevant.

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Re:Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chr... by guerrilla on Sunday June 14, 2020 @08:54AM (#23517326)
Why assume good intentions when profit and lock-in already explain it?
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