Alice AverlongšŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø2d ago

My new name doesn't have a middle name yet, so I'm accepting suggestions on what I could adopt that'd break as many systems as possible.

Obvious answers:
* null
* an emoji
* U+FFFD ļæ½
* half of a unicode surrogate pair
* EICAR
* some kind of prompt injection
* the entirety of DOOM, base64 encoded
* an illegal prime
* the source to decss
* 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH

@foone I chose null (i.e., to delete my middle name)

This has broken many systems and call center operator brains

If you wanted to make a choice that broke the maximal number of systems that wasnā€™t just blank, choose a name with at least three space delimited tokens and which is possible to say over the phone. e.g., Alice Correct Horse Battery Staple Averlong. You will then see what badly designed systems decide to split on what word for the last name.

Mar 21 at 2:43amWeb
Show threadAlice AverlongšŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø2d ago

@ZiggyTheHamster my previous name's Entirely Normal Middle Name apparently broke a lot of systems, actually: my driver's license has my name as "FooneMIDDLENAME Turing", but only on the digital barcode on the back, the front has me as "Foone MIDDLENAME Turing"

This hasn't caused any issues yet, but it does mean every airline boarding pass I've ever gotten has been misprinted

Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH2d ago
@foone I donā€™t recall if thereā€™s an AAMVA reason for this if you mean it is totally a normal middle name and arenā€™t using a euphemism
Show threadlick here for more info2d ago

@foone @ZiggyTheHamster wait was your previous name actually MIDDLENAME or was it actually entirely normal?

Because I was about to suggest just Middle Name, if "people trying to figure out whether you broke their system" counts towards the goal.

Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH2d ago
@virtulis @foone None is another such fun one
Show threadAlice AverlongšŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø2d ago
@virtulis @ZiggyTheHamster yeah, it was something normal that I don't want to reveal for deadname reasons
Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH2d ago
@foone @virtulis very odd they wouldnā€™t put a space there, then!
Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH2d ago

@foone the real middle name serious answer is Astley, obviously.

Also the court documents are limited to printable characters, so this eliminates Unicode shenanigans. Sadly, you must involve a dead tree in a name change.

Show thread9pfs1d ago
@ZiggyTheHamster @foone If I update my middle name at some point, should I join the software-exploitation-name club with something that meets a good balance of pretty, readable, and destructive?
Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH1d ago

@9pfs @foone I already have two credit scores (as if Iā€™m two people) and the associated chaos this creates. I wouldnā€™t recommend it unless you are fond of escalations departments.

And if you are, might I suggest a different kink? Thereā€™s a German magnetic lock manufacturer you could be interested inā€¦šŸ˜ˆ

I wouldnā€™t change what I did though. Just maybe I should have prepared myself mentally a bit more.

Show threadZiggy the Hamster ā˜Žļø 4ZTH1d ago

@9pfs @foone also, I should have practiced answering the phone more.

I now reliably say ā€œthis is themā€ when named correctly, but when deadnamed, I should say ā€œthis was him, but not anymoreā€ or something similar.