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Hi riquito - this is a very legitimate concern, and it has to be reviewed individually for each type of proof keybase supports, in the client. With twitter, keybase, and github, you can't have a username containing any character other than an alphanumeric, dash, or underscore. Which means this kind of attack is impossible.

But for future identity proofs (domains, for example, which we've yet to implement), this kind of attack is real. Our approach here will be that anything outside of normal ascii will be highlighted and addressed to the user, as a serious warning.



These are good news. Thank you and good work!




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