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Is there no checksumming on the IDs?
Depends on client but yeah you can absolutely send a transaction(and thus lose your coins) to a non-existent address that fits the format of addresses and there's zero protection from fat-fingering an address that is one char off from another
Incredible technology
When I've used it payment has been through QR code. I use cash app for my bitcoin payments so I guess it's different for anyone who has their own coins though.
I actually don't know for sure but I do know that ages ago when I was curious about crypto all the guides said to triple check recipient IDs being perfect so that the "money" didn't go into the void or the wrong wallet.