Security News > 2020 > August > Google to Run Experiment in Fight Against URL Spoofing in Chrome
Google announced on Wednesday that it's preparing to run an experiment in Chrome 86 as part of its fight against URL spoofing.
Research conducted recently by Google and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed that 60 percent of users were tricked when a URL path contained a misleading brand name.
In an effort to prevent URL spoofing, web browser vendors have started testing various methods, such as only displaying the registrable part of the domain - or highlighting it in the address bar - rather than displaying the full URL. Google is also planning on experimenting with such features.
Chrome 86, scheduled for release in October, will only show the domain name by default and the full URL when the user hovers over the address.
Users will be able to right-click on the URL and select the "Always show full URLs" if they don't like the new feature.
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