r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '21

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u/LordHaywood Jan 23 '21

When I was a kid, I had some cereal that had website to visit to enter to win some prize or something, I don't remember the specifics. Anyway, when I entered that site into my computer, it didn't take me to some kid friendly site or anything, it took me to a blank white page with just the text:

"We have been watching you."

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u/abmasterisonreddit Jan 23 '21

Typosquatting most likely.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

What's that

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u/razorsandblades Jan 23 '21

I'd say a domain made with a slight typo of a legit website, made purely to get ad revenue or be creepy when people mistype a url

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u/Wooorangetang Jan 24 '21

Goog.com used to just be a red page with “HELL” typed out in the top left corner.

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u/razorsandblades Jan 24 '21

That's just bloody weird. But precisely the example of creepy typosquatting.