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Weaponised Fonts (gardinerbryant.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by GMac@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Arguably more security than privacy, but this made me think. I havent considered the use of ambiguous fonts in phishing before. Worth reading.

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[–] Megabit@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It would make those characters more distinct. Should be able to see it here with a code line. The letter O and the number 0 also have more noticeable differences that go beyond what serif fonts can do

Capital I
Lowercase l 
Number 1
Capital O
Number 0