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https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1371191885268672518 https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/13711918852686725... > What's possible is a Twitter s

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1371191885268672518 https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/13711918852686725... > What's possible is a Twitter staffer tried to block a street address, but the postal syntax acted as an escape sequence, or the original was multi-line and they only pasted the city. What postal syntax in the US looks like an escape sequence?

Y_Y 6y ago
I got blocked too, and so was referring to the ancient Egyptian city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt
- rsj_hn 6y ago
  IIRC, Memphis, TN was named after the great city in Egypt and even has a Pyramid, although it may be a shopping center.
  - whymauri 6y ago
    I've heard it's a giant Bass Pro Shop. Incidently, I'm driving by Memphis this Tuesday - now I'm inclined to check it out!
    - laverya 6y ago
      There's a great recent video on the Memphis Pyramid from Bright Sun Films [0] - 10th tallest pyramid in the world! 0: https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA
ALittleLight 6y ago
Could be a typo or filling in whatever field incompletely - e.g. they meant to block a specific street address but only got the city name in the "block" field.
swiftonsecurity 6y ago
I meant separator token, sorry.
- ImaCake 6y ago
  Very easy to imagine a , or a \n being directly before and/or after a city name.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- Debug_Overload 6y ago
  I'm a bit surprised that this username wasn't already taken.
floatingatoll 6y ago
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Lammy 6y ago
Probably the comma faking out a CSV parser? US addresses are typically written like "123 Fake St, Memphis, TN 38002" with commas between the street address and city, between the city and state, but not between the state and ZIP code. e: I wonder if somebody with a large handful of accounts to burn could narrow down the intended block target by tweeting every combination of "{states_containing_a_memphis__abbreviation} {ZIP_code}" until one of them gets blocked? http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Memphis-Tennessee.html http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Memphis-Tennessee.html

Y_Y 6y ago

I got blocked too, and so was referring to the ancient Egyptian city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt

rsj_hn 6y ago
IIRC, Memphis, TN was named after the great city in Egypt and even has a Pyramid, although it may be a shopping center.
- whymauri 6y ago
  I've heard it's a giant Bass Pro Shop. Incidently, I'm driving by Memphis this Tuesday - now I'm inclined to check it out!
  - laverya 6y ago
    There's a great recent video on the Memphis Pyramid from Bright Sun Films [0] - 10th tallest pyramid in the world! 0: https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA https://youtu.be/FEB-YG2iiYA

ALittleLight 6y ago

Could be a typo or filling in whatever field incompletely - e.g. they meant to block a specific street address but only got the city name in the "block" field.

swiftonsecurity 6y ago

I meant separator token, sorry.

ImaCake 6y ago
Very easy to imagine a , or a \n being directly before and/or after a city name.
deleted 6y ago
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Debug_Overload 6y ago
I'm a bit surprised that this username wasn't already taken.

floatingatoll 6y ago

Lammy 6y ago

Probably the comma faking out a CSV parser? US addresses are typically written like "123 Fake St, Memphis, TN 38002" with commas between the street address and city, between the city and state, but not between the state and ZIP code. e: I wonder if somebody with a large handful of accounts to burn could narrow down the intended block target by tweeting every combination of "{states_containing_a_memphis__abbreviation} {ZIP_code}" until one of them gets blocked? http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Memphis-Tennessee.html http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Memphis-Tennessee.html