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Ask HN: Simple proposal to greatly reduce phishing

1 pointsby zkhaliqueover 8 years ago
Firefox and other browsers can do a simple thing:<p>Make the SLD + TLD <i>bold</i> in the address bar. For example https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.yahoo.<i>phishing.com</i><p>Then make it <i>bold and green</i> if ssl is properly engaged.<p>So you can just tell everyone &quot;if the bold green thing matches the domain you intended to go to, then it&#x27;s safe&quot;.<p>Right now there is no way to give succinct clear instructions to someone not familiar with web tech. And you get this crap: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;dawnstarau&#x2F;status&#x2F;793580200403406848&#x2F;photo&#x2F;1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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