Re:UK Company named "><SCRIPT SRC=HTTPS://MJT.XSS.HT> LTD" f...
by llamaimperative on Friday October 25, 2024 @07:08PM
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The issue isn’t the government systems executing it. Countless other systems use and trust these sources. And sure, the registry isn’t technically liable, but it’s good not to break your downstream consumers when possible.
> “A company was registered using characters that could have presented a security risk to a small number of our customers, if published on unprotected external websites.”
Emphasis mine.
Maybe you’re the stupid one?
Not executing user input strings?
IMO, this is like making human names illegal because people with certain accents or native languages may struggle to pronounce them.
Our government officials are so stupid it's astounding. This doesn't make anybody safer, but there's now another minor charge after somebody has broken the law.