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Well your example issue would precisely be solved by only displaying the domain name to users.

Paypal.com vs random-Name.com: much easier to distinguish.




However, even in this particular edge case, why hide that there's a prefix (while you, the browser vendor, were able to put up some kind of indication for this with ease)? Generally, highlight, but don't conceal.




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