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Enter URLs Correctly!
#39509 03/15/16 05:43 PM
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I'm assuming this is the applicable forum to post this.

Just saw this on www.macworld.com:

http://www.macworld.com/article/3044533/...osquatting.html

Man, some scary stuff! So, make sure to enter .com instead of .om, or else you could be spoofed.

(Edited to correct link)

Edited by honestone (03/15/16 02:10 PM CST)

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Re: Enter URLs Correctly!
honestone #39520 03/16/16 10:14 AM
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Almost as equally scary is a situation that is pointed out in the article: there are services that will negotiate with the squatters to allow a redirect to the correct site.


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Ira L #39547 03/18/16 01:02 AM
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Almost as equally scary is a situation that is pointed out in the article: there are services that will negotiate with the squatters to allow a redirect to the correct site.

That reeks of conspiracy!


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artie505 #39571 03/21/16 12:28 PM
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I personally don't care either way. If you typo a url, and it takes you to a phishing site, there's probably some trademark infringement going on there at the very least. (most sites nowadays have a "copyright 2016, xyz inc" at the bottom) So it's already breaking the law.

I don't see it as any different than say, buying a iPhome off eBay and wondering why it won't work with iTunes. Pay attention wink

A year or two ago there was a bigger brouhaha over unicode being used to sneak urls through, using characters that LOOKED similar to (or occasionally identical to) the ones they were expected to be. I'm not sure how they dealt with that.


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Virtual1 #39598 03/22/16 07:08 AM
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I personally don't care either way.

I'm not sure to what that responds?

By "conspiracy" I meant how would somebody know with whom to negotiate if they weren't partnered with them at the outset?

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artie505 #39611 03/22/16 01:49 PM
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I'm not sure to what that responds?

Grammatical correctness can sure make a sentence awkward, but I agree with you. Prepositions are not good words to end sentences with. grin

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Originally Posted By: ryck
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I'm not sure to what that responds?

Grammatical correctness can sure make a sentence awkward, but I agree with you. Prepositions are not good words to end sentences with. grin


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Ira L #39636 03/24/16 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted By: Ira L
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I'm not sure to what that responds?

Grammatical correctness can sure make a sentence awkward, but I agree with you. Prepositions are not good words to end sentences with. grin


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Into this is something I thought grelber might get.

I guess I must be getting jaded in my dotage.
Those ultimate prepositions were plagues of my existence over 50 years ago (prescriptive grammatical correctness and all that) right on through my PhD dissertation.
GBS was ever so cute and charming in many regards, but one must look at the whole picture in terms of comprehension.
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Virtual1 #39639 03/24/16 10:22 PM
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Do you catalog images against possible future need?


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Do you catalog images against possible future need?

I am the master of snappy comebacks, whether in conversation or imagery smile

I have a powerful visual memory, so I know precisely what I'm looking for, though it may take me awhile to find it. Google Images is my friend.


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Mringel frammitz. smirk tongue

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Originally Posted By: grelber
Mringel frammitz. smirk tongue

frammin?


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Mringel frammitz. smirk tongue

frammin?

Snilm.

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grelber #39711 03/28/16 10:20 PM
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Come on fellas, seriously? What became of staying on-topic??!!!??


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MacManiac #39715 03/29/16 05:40 AM
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Come on fellas, seriously? What became of staying on-topic??!!!??

Point taken. (And my bad.)
It started to go off the rails at least 10 posts ago and the last (irresistible) few took it into the abyss.
With that ... back on track (if need be).

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Thanks guys....you and our Virtual 1 buddy are both key to making these forums the community that is so nicely represented here by all the participants.


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