[cap-talk] Firefox breaks the principle of identifiability

[David Hopwood]

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
> (a) Assume that i trust you and i have somehow managed to get myself
>     to your website with some assurance.  Your web page says "I use
>     Paypal and i recommend it.  Get your own account at paypal.com."
>     Instead of clicking the link, i type "paypal.com" in the bar.
> 
>     But what if you meant to recommend "p\u0430ypal.com"?  Because
>     the Cyrillic "a" and Latin "a" are indistinguishable, i have now
>     gone to the wrong site even though i typed in the URL as i saw it.

Let's be realistic. kuro5hin.org, maybe; p\u0430ypal.com, no.

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk>