Weaponized Fonts
gardinerbryant.com
Ambiguity is the enemy of security. An ambiguous font? It's a recipe for disaster.

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

    • rnercle@sh.itjust.works
      91·
      5 days ago

      And wouldn’t you know, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Polymarket set up a fake version of their website and named it PoIymarket. (Did you catch it?)

      PoIymarket (spelled with a capital “i” instead of a lower case “l”), is a fake version of their platform.

      what difference a mono font would make with the I & l difference?

      • Megabit@lemmy.today
        17·
        5 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