I think it would be a hard case to make that this is somehow bad for end users. What matters most to them is seeing that it’s a domain they trust and that can be quite obscured with a full URL. From: Holly Raiche <h.raiche@internode.on.net> Date: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 9:52 PM To: Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org> Cc: Technology Taskforce WG <ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [At-Large] Ars Technica : Google is messing with the address bar again—new experiment hides URL path If we are supposed to be looking after end users, why aren’t we outraged that we can’t see the full URL - particularly since Google is most likely trying to hide how pervasive it is in everyone’s lives Holly On Jun 16, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org<mailto:JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org>> wrote: Another nail... Jonathan Zuck Executive Director Innovators Network Foundation www.InnovatorsNetwork.org<http://www.innovatorsnetwork.org/> ________________________________ From: At-Large <at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org>> on behalf of Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com<mailto:devtee@gmail.com>> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 6:48:06 PM To: Technology Taskforce WG <ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org>>; At-Large Worldwide <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org>> Subject: [At-Large] Ars Technica : Google is messing with the address bar again—new experiment hides URL path "It looks like Google is trying to mess with the URL bar again. As spotted by Android Police<https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/12/google-resumes-its-senseless-attack...>, new flags in the developer versions of the popular browser now want to hide the URL path. So for an article like this one, instead of "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/google-is-messing-with-the-address-b...," the address bar would show "arstechnica.com<http://arstechnica.com/>." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/google-is-messing-with-the-address-b... _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.