• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I’m not surprised. Internationalized symbols can be used to make an illegitimate email address look like it’s from an official one.

    • FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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      8 hours ago

      Isn’t there some Russian character or something that looks exactly like and a or o but is completely different to machines

      I’m sure there’s more but that’s one example I vaguely remember that’s probably incorrect

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        8 hours ago

        ΑΒΕΖΗΙΚΜΝΟΡΤΥΧ

        Part of the capital Greek alphabet.