Ask HN: Article about how string comparison is not enough
I was digging through bookmarks looking for something I for sure found on HN sometime in 2018.
The article was essentially discussing how "unique" in the database is worthless in a lot of situations, namely:
- email addresses (with +sub@addressing)
- case sensitivity
- unicode folding (ᎻoⅿоglyPᎻ attack, puny code)
- a bunch of other cases around visually similar, but byte non-identical data
The article was discussing this in the context of "unique" or "equality" in terms of a database unique key, which is not enough to ensure uniqueness.
Popped back into my head today because of the unicode.style link that just landed on the frontpage (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17752680)
Does anyone know the article I'm talking about?
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