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[–] NewPerspective 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This is one of the shadiest looking links I've ever seen. No way am I clicking that.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The actual url is https://šime.eu/3

It's called Punycode.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Exactly, in some contexts it is displayed like this to mitigate homograph attacks, where someone creates similar looking URLs for phishing purposes. Nothing shady about Punycode by itself, but it's good to be aware of homograph attacks. Internationalized domain names (IDNs) are cool :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's just a website. Actually a decent looking one too.

If someone wanted you to click that link with bad intentions, pretty sure they would have a normal domain name. :)

[–] NewPerspective -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is what it redirects to if it seems safer: https://šime.eu/3