• kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I and l also look identical in many fonts. So you already have this problem in ascii. (To say nothing of all the non-printing characters!)

    If your security relies on a person being able to tell the difference between two characters controlled by an attacker your security is bad.

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      1 year ago

      The problem is when you can register “apple.com” with the Cryillic A, fooling many.

      The I l issue is caused by fonts, not by ASCII.