Re:Internet Archive Switzerland
by adrianmonk on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:12PM
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They are suggesting that a human used an abbreviation rather than making a typo.
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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland
by catlikesshrimp on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:37PM
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"Using abbreviations" of URLs is pointing to *wrong* addresses. A phishing attempt can perfectly use this misconception. This is not even malpractice.
I am not saying the user in question is malicious. I am sorry to repeat myself, but URLs don't admit abbreviations
Re:Internet Archive Switzerland
by stackghost on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:40PM
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Oh, so you admit to purposely playing dense by asking if it was a typo, to obliquely make a pedantic argument about phishing?
I hate this fucking website sometimes.
Thanks for trying. I assumed that ia.ch was clearly shorthand for internetarchive.ch but maybe one can't assume anything.
Assumed same.
Good point we shouldn’t abbreviate URLs in case they get typosquatted? Just raised in a very indirect fashion