Scary red highlight around every transition between different scripts within a word, or within the whole domain name.
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Then add a "this domain may not be what it appears/may be trying to impersonate another domain" bubble just above/below it too.
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Btw, firefox & chrome are dealing with the problem quite nicely imho. They don't allow mixing languages.
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Replying to @dalmoz_ @RichFelker and
the problem being discussed in this thread is, it's possible to make lookalikes without mixing languages. see also https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ …
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In fairness browsers do know your locale and language, and there is scope in the standard to indicate what languages you understand
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Replying to @SimonRWaters @wiretapped and
Yes, Chrome used to refuse to display non-latin domains decoded unless I told it I understood relevant langs. Very annoying.
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List of langs you accept is a huge fingerprint. And many ppl, myself included understand scripts/single words but not langs.
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