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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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