Article RE4D Evil script replaces punctuation in your code with superficially similar symbols

Evil script replaces punctuation in your code with superficially similar symbols

by
Rob Beschizza
from on (#RE4D)

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Mimic implements a sick, sick idea floated on Twitter by Peter Ritchie: "Replace a semicolon (;) with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's C# code and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error."

mimic provokes:

" fun
" frustration
" curiosity
" murderous rage

There are many more characters in the Unicode character set that look, to some extent or another, like others - homoglyphs. Mimic substitutes common ASCII characters for obscure homoglyphs.

Fun games to play with mimic:

" Pipe some source code through and see if you can find all of the problems
" Pipe someone else's source code through without telling them
" Be fired, and then killed

What arseholes. What magnificent arseholes.

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