Comment on PSA: Safari URL Correction Being Exploited by ScammersComments−jcrash2yThanks for posting this.It seems like Safari always puts `.com` when URL does not have a TLDThis doesn't even seem that helpful of a redirect! Plenty of sites don't use .com. Might be better to turn off this functionality completely.−teroshan2yIt's probably related to the default browser shortcut which loads `foo.com` when entering `foo` in the address bar, and pressing `Ctrl-Enter`−sn_masterOP2yThat behavior goes all the way back to the mid 90s in IE4 at least when everything was .com
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Thanks for posting this.
This doesn't even seem that helpful of a redirect! Plenty of sites don't use .com. Might be better to turn off this functionality completely.
It's probably related to the default browser shortcut which loads `foo.com` when entering `foo` in the address bar, and pressing `Ctrl-Enter`
That behavior goes all the way back to the mid 90s in IE4 at least when everything was .com