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Removing Hidden Characters in Username - Omniscient - Aug 25, 2016
I'm trying to work on removing some of the hidden characters that aren't already removed by MyBB functions. Such as the LTR and RTL characters.
Currently the RTL and LTR are now disallowed. They are simply removed from the username so if it's being used to impersonate a member it will instead say that the username is taken.
What I'd like to know from members is if there are other blank or hidden characters I'm not aware of that are not removed by MyBB.
If you see any user with a hidden character you can enter their name here:
http://unicodelookup.com/
That will tell you which hex/dec code it is. If you see a new code that's not removed so far (list below) please PM me the HEX or DEC code. Let's see if we can eliminate this problem over time.
Newly Removed Characters (dec codes shown)
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8206 LTR Mark
8207 RTL Mark
8303 Nominal digit shapes
2063 Undefined u+0080f
0020 DLE data link escape ctrl-p
151 EPA end of guarded area
127 Delete
8299 Activate symmetric swapping
Thanks.
* - ♦ [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1000)̲̅$̲̅] ♦ - Aug 25, 2016
Nice brother. This will stop those damn impersonators that have been going around here on the forums.
Thank you.
Source: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5385047
* - Cryptic™ - Aug 25, 2016
This is great to see.
It'll cut down on the number of scams that happen from impersonators.
* - SIM-1729678 - Aug 25, 2016
Thanks for the heads up, I actually totally forgot it was even possible to add these to your username. I'll look out for them.
* - Granny Bacon - Aug 25, 2016
I will make sure to look who's impersonating or not.
See if I can find something new.
* - Soulmate～っ☆ - Aug 25, 2016
Are you going to be removing the Cyrillic alphabet as well? If I have
Quote:е cyrillic small letter ie 02065 1077 0x435 еwill I have to change it or face consequences?
* - Frankey - Aug 25, 2016
Yes! I hope we will get rid of a lot of scammers/impersonator shere on Hackforums. This is atleast a start to make HF a safer place to buy/sell and trade stuff on.
* - NinjaLeaks - Aug 25, 2016
Thanks for the update omni! It will definitely cut down the number of impersonators now.
* - Jimmie - Aug 25, 2016
You could also add something like a weekly name change time limit this would stop most imposters as they wouldn't be able to name change back instantly.
* - Mr. Robot - Aug 25, 2016
Does that user whos name was in another language count? His whole username+rep was flipped due to ltr
Never mind, seems this may have been inspired by that thread.
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5383278
* - Jаson - Aug 25, 2016
Are you also going to ban the invisible character?
Source: https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=4951229
* - minimalist - Aug 25, 2016
Sent you two of (probably) the most commonly used invisible characters, hope you can slow down the scamming impostors.
* - Confound - Aug 25, 2016
Thanks for the solid edits. I will keep a look out for other hidden characters that might be still working.
* - Target™ - Aug 25, 2016
Glad to see you taking action regarding this, I appreciate it
* - LastSession - Aug 25, 2016
Awesome how hard you try to protect your members. Glad you are back.