Googler suggests a new way for Chrome to display URLs to combat phishing.
One of the key controls found on every web browser is the address bar, where you can view the current page’s URL, edit it, or enter a new one. A Googler has proposed a potential new way for Google Chrome to display URLs in a way that could help fight back against phishing sites.
... Rather than simply bemoaning the downfalls of URLs and the ways that browsers handle them, Archibald has proposed an alternative solution. Before doing so, he explicitly notes that this is not a Google-approved proposal and is not something that you should expect to see in Chrome in the near future.
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One of the key controls found on every web browser is the address bar, where you can view the current page’s URL, edit it, or enter a new one. A Googler has proposed a potential new way for Google Chrome to display URLs in a way that could help fight back against phishing sites.
... Rather than simply bemoaning the downfalls of URLs and the ways that browsers handle them, Archibald has proposed an alternative solution. Before doing so, he explicitly notes that this is not a Google-approved proposal and is not something that you should expect to see in Chrome in the near future.
read more (9to5google)
