X is not Twitter. Musk's website automatically changes links from "Twitter.com" to "X.com" so people finally get used to the new name

Sometimes it's easy to forget, but technically Twitter no longer exists.

Last summer, Elon Musk changed the name of the company to "X." But:

• The main domain name of the social network is Twitter.com.
• There are still several official pages on the platform with the word "Twitter" in their names.
• And most people still refer to the social network by its old name (posts are still called tweets, and reposts are called retweets).

One of the latest updates, through which the leaders of the social network are trying to encourage people to use the new name, is the automatic change of links in messages - from "Twitter.com" to "X.com," reports the Mashable website.

Why is this dangerous? Assuming someone chose the domain name "NetfliTwitter.com," then the links in the message will appear as "Netflix.com" - a popular streaming service. This is the perfect scenario for those who want to engage in phishing campaigns.

This is not a hypothetical example - user X @yuyu0127_ quickly registered the domain name "NetfliTwitter.com" to prevent its use, and posted a warning about potential problems in the changes to X.

"This domain was acquired to prevent its use for malicious purposes," says the header of the "NetfliTwitter.com" account.

According to some users, the change also affected older posts and was first noticed in the X app for iOS.