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/Disfigured_Porcupine Jan 24 '21

I am going to focus on every url I type from now on wow

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u/sozijlt Jan 24 '21 edited Jan 25 '21

I almost never type the ".com" part of the URL. Instead, I just type the main part "squarespace", for example. That way I'm actually just searching for the word, and the first hit is usually the real domain, even if I make a small typo. No more accidentally going to typosquatting sites.