Unicode fax sign (℻, 0x213B) being used to evade Player Search
Naelily
This Unicode character, the facsimile sign (℻, character code 0x213B) is being used by players to prevent the ingame player search from identifying them. The ingame font does not include this character and it displays blank. The character prevents players from locating players with the fax sign in their name, even if the player searches for the parts of the name they can type. Example: Player named "℻123℻" cannot be found by searching the ℻ character, nor "123", nor the full name.
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Julian Astrum
I honestly want to use this because i wanted to be just "pluto" and instead was forced to be "pluto_VR" because there was another "pluto" at some point in time. Is vrchat using literal text identification and not user ID keys?
Julian Astrum
Tupper - VRChat Head of Community ? Can we have a word on this?
Umit
Sorry guys but u looks so dramatic for a name wow, by just inform you, fax is mostly use for when the username is already taken. How stupid people are to block someone because his name.
hakanai
Could this be fixed by simply tokenising usernames better for the search? I've often thought it odd that substrings don't match.
Naelily
hakanai: Something like that, but yeah, substring search is majorly broken and oftentimes flat out doesn't work, even when unicode characters aren't in use (example: someone with periods on the sides of the name, like .This.)
100の人
Related by:
Specific user profile not found by user search https://vrchat.canny.io/website-bug-reports/p/specific-user-profile-not-found-by-user-search
[Security] Create a character whitelist to prevent hiding usernames through unicode characters https://vrchat.canny.io/feature-requests/p/security-create-a-character-whitelist-to-prevent-hiding-usernames-through-unicod
Display an user ID in the menu to make reporting abuse easilier https://vrchat.canny.io/feature-requests/p/display-an-user-id-in-the-menu-to-make-reporting-abuse-easilier
Naelily
100の人: Thank you for linking these!
arcticgamez
ive blocked quite a few players that use this for their names. Please devs do something about these unicode player names
Naelily
arcticgamez: I've done the same, especially when folks have blank-looking names