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LOG 07 · Rejected entries

Common lookalike patterns in fake Torzon URLs

Lookalikes rely on readers checking the beginning of an address and nothing else.

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Prefix matching

Generated onion addresses can share the first five or six characters of the real Torzon onion while the rest differs completely.

Clearnet impostors

Regular websites with torzon in the domain name are not the onion service, whatever they claim.

Visual confusion

Characters like l and 1 or o and 0 are easy to misread in some fonts. Onion strings use only a-z and 2-7, which helps narrow mistakes.

Your defence

Compare against your confirmed entry in full, every time, rather than relying on familiarity.