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		untog on Oct 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spammers start using short .gov URLs to trick thei... Only for sites that you don't already have an account on, and which don't use a paypal-like service. How is a browser supposed to detect either?

rabidsnail on Oct 19, 2012 | [–]

It doesn't have to. In both of those cases you're not entering your credit card number.

Evbn on Oct 20, 2012 | [–]

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