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The question seems to be 'can' rather than 'do' (as we clearly don't!); @Undo fixed the tags IMO - no need for note anymore
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Do Can we do anything about Typosquatters?

I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The live site stackexcange dot com (intentional typo domain name) appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In Opera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be Microsoft or Adobe.
At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that is similar to stackexchange.com but with a typo?

Note, help tagging would be great, thanks.

Do we do anything about Typosquatters?

I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The live site stackexcange dot com (intentional typo domain name) appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In Opera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be Microsoft or Adobe.
At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that is similar to stackexchange.com but with a typo?

Note, help tagging would be great, thanks.

Can we do anything about Typosquatters?

I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The live site stackexcange dot com (intentional typo domain name) appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In Opera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be Microsoft or Adobe.
At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that is similar to stackexchange.com but with a typo?

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I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The live site stackexcange dot comstackexcange dot com (intentional typo domain name) appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In operaOpera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be microsoftMicrosoft or adobeAdobe. At
At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that's like stackexchange.com butthat is similar to stackexchange.com but with a typo?

Note, help tagging would be great, thanks.

I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The site stackexcange dot com appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In opera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be microsoft or adobe. At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that's like stackexchange.com but is a typo?

Note, help tagging would be great, thanks.

I mistyped a link. Fortunately I also borked markdown so I went back and double checked it.

The live site stackexcange dot com (intentional typo domain name) appears parked 100% of the time in Tor Browser. In Opera private, it redirects to random affiliate sites, some of which seem to be malware distributors purporting to be Microsoft or Adobe.
At the least they play obnoxious audio and try to get you to call a number while recording your location and presumably other info.

Is there anything that can be done about sites like this? More practically, could we at least make people aware if they type a link that is similar to stackexchange.com but with a typo?

Note, help tagging would be great, thanks.

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