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I wish all websites would only allow ascii characters as usernames. Having the full spectrum of Unicode available has brought nothing good.
by hgazx 4y ago
I wish all websites would only allow ascii characters as usernames. Having the full spectrum of Unicode available has brought nothing good.
- Biganon 4y agoSame with domain names. I'm a French speaker and I don't care if I have to renounce using accents in domain names. Nobody uses them for good reasons anyway. But it makes attacks so easy, see binance. Terrible, terrible idea.
- teddyh 4y ago“People whose names break my system are weird outliers. They should have had solid, acceptable names, like 田中太郎.” — https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...
- xdennis 4y agoComputer systems should conform to people, not the other way around. If you're terrible at detecting malicious sites, the answer isn't to force English on everyone, it's to write better systems.
- Biganon 4y ago> If you're terrible at detecting malicious sites, the answer isn't to force English on everyone, it's to write better systems Yeah good idea, I'll tell my grandmother it's her fault if "bank.tld" with "CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER A" instead of latin "a", and with a valid HTTPS cert, stole her banking credentials. What an idiot!
- xdennis 4y agoThat is such a narrow minded idea. There are 7 billion people who don't speak English. People should be able to write in their own language and use their own names.