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[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

The ampersands gets converted to HTML (aka & by various clients).

In general, it's a good idea to never use ampersands on the web. A lot of sanitizers do not process them properly.

[-] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 16 points 10 months ago

The majestic breadth of human language should not be truncated for some buggy soulless machine (heck not even that here, but the fear of one)

It's a good idea to never use shitty sanitizers on the web, but a great idea to use tags, ampersands, brackets, semicolons, commas, and dashes with great gusto to seek them out wherever they may be hiding.

Computer may say no, but Sailor Sega Saturn says oh yes.

[-] self@awful.systems 12 points 10 months ago

what in the fuck

no fuck off with this. holy fuck I hate that this is your reason to hassle one of my users

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago

Sounds like a "not my problem" kind of problem & I don't see why I should care.

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago

Man this is next level cargo cult "security" thinking.

Here's a protip: logoff and delete your account, it's the only way to be safe.

[-] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 8 points 10 months ago

@Scary_le_Poo @self what First Day On The Computer shit is this?

[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 5 points 10 months ago

haha wtf this is hilarious

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