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Confusing content in several training modules
I have noticed the following content present in several training modules and I can only conclude that there are errors in the example URLs in the content. This slide is from the module called "Phishing website" but I have seen the same example in other modules.
Note the following: the two example URLs in the slide are identical except for bold formatting, and this is confusing. Additionally, each example is confusing.
In the section below Name, what point is served by the example URL? It seems as though the author wants the reader to understand the difference between URLs with replaced, additional, or missing characters. If we assume the reader believes their bank website may be mybanksite.net then a good example URL to illustrate an illegitimate site would be mybanksites.net, because this highlights the additional letter s in the address. But why highlight the other s in the address? And why include .135 in the example?
In the section below Domain, it seems as though the author wants to teach the reader about domains (important parts of which one can find on both sides of the last period in a domain). If we assume the reader believes their bank website may be at my mybanksite.net then a good example URL to illustrate an illegitimate site would be mybanksite.135.net, because this highlights that 135.net is the part of the address that should receive the reader's focus.
And what is the reader supposed to conclude from these two examples being identical? If the point is that the address is suspicious in two ways, then the slide should first introduce mybanksite.net as the correct URL.
Most other slides in the training modules are excellent but I cannot feel good about assigning this misleading and confusing content to my users.
Am I misunderstanding something?