Gollum@feddit.de to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 9 months agoD or d come oni.imgur.comimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up11.4Karrow-down147 cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imageD or d come oni.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 9 months agomessage-square223fedilink cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
minus-squarekattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI 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.
minus-squareyum13241@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThe 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.
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.
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.