Well most persons would 
- click on links, 
- see visually the site looks like the site they are used to, 
- may see a padlock so they think it’s safe ;  - may see from the url bar if the domain is the one they are accustomed to ;
- see the name of the company/service they are going to as part of the long URL and assume it’s legit.

- consider how long URLs  to documents or files are delivered https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/2020-01-27+At-Large+Technology+Task+Force+Call?preview=/126420432/126422910/atlarge-technology-taskforce-27jan20-en.pdf

A bad person could create a link like
https://community.icann.org.can.work/display/atlarge/2020-01-27+At-Large+Technology+Task+Force+Call?preview=/126420432/126422910/atlarge-technology-taskforce-27jan20-en.pdf

and I dare say most would find it hard to figure out whether it’s legit or not. And if the link to the file is a malware file that opens and executed on clicking, then it’s too late.

Dev Anand 

On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 3:59 PM, Johan Helsingius <julf@julf.com> wrote:
The fact is that people click on links and do searches, they don't type
in domain addresses.

Anyway, how do you know "mybankinfo.com" is a safe site in the first
place? And if someone can steal credentials or place malware, looking at
the URL won't help.

        Julf

On 07-02-2020 20:52, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
> A large problem is when bad persons obscure the domains of companies in
> phishing campaigns so that persons go to the bad persons' website on
> another domain and steal their credentials or get malware installed.
>
> So say you get an email link from a trusted person whose been hacked
> saying - "hey we're not sure your paycheck was delivered to mybankinfo.
> Can you login to mybankinfo.com.paymentlogin.info
> <http://mybankinfo.com.paymentlogin.info> and check?
> The challenge is that persons may just see "mybankinfo.com
> <http://mybankinfo.com>" and assume they are going to the mybankinfo.com
> <http://mybankinfo.com> site.
> And because they clicked on the link, how would the browser "know" what
> the site you really intended to go to?
>
> Dev Anand
>
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 3:04 PM Johan Helsingius <julf@julf.com
> <mailto:julf@julf.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 07-02-2020 19:49, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>     > Hmm....How would persons know what is the website they are viewing on
>     > without the URL?
>
>     How many users check out the website info in URLs anyway? How will they
>     know that Mybankinfo.com is OK, but mybank.info <http://mybank.info>
>     isn't?
>
>     Shouldn't it be the job of the browser to check if the web site is the
>     one you want to talk to (based on certificates)?
>
>             Julf
>
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