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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland by catlikesshrimp on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:37PM (#48076702)
"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

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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland by stackghost on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:40PM (#48076724)
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.

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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland by insom on Saturday May 09, 2026 @01:53PM (#48076823)
Thanks for trying. I assumed that ia.ch was clearly shorthand for internetarchive.ch but maybe one can't assume anything.
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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland by Barbing on Saturday May 09, 2026 @04:26PM (#48077926)
Assumed same.

Good point we shouldn’t abbreviate URLs in case they get typosquatted? Just raised in a very indirect fashion

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Re:Internet Archive Switzerland by Barbing on Saturday May 09, 2026 @04:24PM (#48077913)
Wait was that right in the sibling comment
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