Don’t trust software, verify it
24 points by xSavitar
24 points by xSavitar
- we ban most uses of Unicode in code and documentation to avoid easily mixed up characters that look like other characters. (adding Unicode characters causes errors)
One of my pet peeves: using "Unicode characters" to mean "anything outside the printable set of ASCII characters". All characters are Unicode characters, by definition! *shakes fist at cloud*
One of my pet peeves: using "Unicode characters" to mean "anything outside the printable set of ASCII characters".
I sympathize with that, but...
All characters are Unicode characters, by definition!
...not all characters are in Unicode, nor would it be feasible for this to be true — at any time, someone might invent a new script (such as Tengwar) or a new mathematical symbol.
Someone blackmails or extorts an existing curl team member into performing changes not otherwise accepted in the project
I've long suspected this is somewhat common and you never see it reported. We know malfeasors are attacking supply chains, and individual people (including CEOs) are very weak links in that chain and susceptible to a variety of actions by nation states, criminal enterprises, and nation state criminal enterprises.
If it was common place we would have seen it more in public.
The same way, if we were really paid as maintainers to add backdoor, more of us would be living in Hawaii.
We are still in a "noone realise what power we have" phase