Maybe this is a good thing for the masses, but I still want to see the full URL in my browser. The more things get "hidden" the less certain I am that what I am viewing is actually wanted to view. Thoughts/opinions?
Hate Chrome hiding Web addresses? It may be the future
http://www.cnet.com/news/google-test-hides-web-addresses-in-chrome/
Hate Chrome hiding Web addresses? It may be the future
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At this point I prefer Chrome, but that would be a deal breaker for me.
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The following is a upate on Google's URL Hiding.
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"Update"/ Google's URL-hiding 'origin chip' is 'backburnered'
By Simon Sharwood, 11 Jun 2014
Summary/
Google has “backburnered” a controversial feature that would have hidden full details of web addresses from Chrome users.
The feature was called “origin chip” and, as we explained a few weeks back it removed all the characters beyond the top-level-domain from Chrome's Omnibox, as you can see below.
The ad-slinger's rationale for origin chip was to tidy up the browser and highlight the sites users visit, to foil attacks that rely on spoofing sites with subtle variations on real sites' names. In one case the address halifax.co.uk was replaced with a long subdomain address punctuated with many full stops that pointed to a phishing site. If that site's actual address was front and centre, Google suggested, the phish would not have worked.
The Register/ Full Read Here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/11/googles_urlhiding_origin_chip_is_backburnered/
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"Update"/ Google's URL-hiding 'origin chip' is 'backburnered'
By Simon Sharwood, 11 Jun 2014
Summary/
Google has “backburnered” a controversial feature that would have hidden full details of web addresses from Chrome users.
The feature was called “origin chip” and, as we explained a few weeks back it removed all the characters beyond the top-level-domain from Chrome's Omnibox, as you can see below.
The ad-slinger's rationale for origin chip was to tidy up the browser and highlight the sites users visit, to foil attacks that rely on spoofing sites with subtle variations on real sites' names. In one case the address halifax.co.uk was replaced with a long subdomain address punctuated with many full stops that pointed to a phishing site. If that site's actual address was front and centre, Google suggested, the phish would not have worked.
The Register/ Full Read Here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/11/googles_urlhiding_origin_chip_is_backburnered/
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