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> Please correct me if I’m overreacting but I feel like Unicode in most cases is just a giant security flaw and the only reason we tolerate it is because it doe
by izacus 5y ago
> Please correct me if I’m overreacting but I feel like Unicode in most cases is just a giant security flaw and the only reason we tolerate it is because it does tremendous good making things more equitable for other languages and cultures.
Well, that's a lot like saying "software, in general, is just a giant security flaw we tolerate because it does useful things". It's kinda the point aint it?
In 21st century, even Americans aren't able to write their own names and place names with pure ASCII anymore. So Unicode is there from necessity, not as an addon.
- dredmorbius 5y agoAll technology is a means to an end or goal. All technologies have intended / desireable, and unintended / undesireable effects. The more powerful and flexible a technology, the more likely there are unintended / undesireable effects. Many of those unintended / undesireable effects are themselves not obviously apparent, not immediately manifest, or both. All of which makes risk assessment all the more difficult. Software, in that sense, is inherently a security flaw, as it virtually always manifests unintended and/or undesireable effects. This isn't necessarily an argument to ban all software, though the Butlerian Jihad are taking notes. It is an argument, however, for acknowledging risks, raising awareness of them, and taking reasonable steps to guard against them.