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Why I use Firefox (xn--ime-zza.eu)

submitted 8 months ago by neop@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (9 children)

This is one of the shadiest looking links I've ever seen. No way am I clicking that.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The actual url is https://šime.eu/3

It's called Punycode.

[–] neop@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Exactly, in some contexts it is displayed like this to mitigate homograph attacks, where someone creates similar looking URLs for phishing purposes. Nothing shady about Punycode by itself, but it's good to be aware of homograph attacks. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) are cool :)

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