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Meta: It seems that HN lists the Punycode for this website's domain (xn--1-zfa.com), instead of the actual IDN that's displayed by the browser (ä1.com). This feels kind of odd to me.

[Punycode] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punycode

[IDN] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name

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It poses a security risk and exploited to phish people.

Modern Browsers sanitize punycode, not so sure about bespoke browsers that live inside other mobile apps

Depends on your view. People who wotk with DNS want to see the actual domain, while end users might prefer the translation.

People who work with DNS know how to right-click and do “Copy Link”, or even to hover over a link and watch the status bar text.

Well, HN is a link aggregator, not a DNS tool.

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