[rudra]

it is being called internationalized domain or something similar. they have extended the usable characters to the whole available bunch worldwide. so i with a dot on the line has a brother with a comma like thingy on a stick that almost looks like a twin.

very easy to overlook when you are in a hurry. you click a link, the padlock in your field of view gives you assurance and you move on to check the page and think ... yes , the familiar page i am so used to use when ordering this or logging in. you proceed to enter the detailed and next thing you know, BOOM. no..nothing bursts. just you account gets hijacked or credit card maxed out.


in firefox there is a way to disable the rendering and easily catch the offender with its original representation. go to about:config and search punycode and toggle.

i didnt find any way to do it in chrome. i need to search if there are any extensions in chrome that does that.