Well letters don't really have a single canonical shape. There are many acceptable ways of rendering each. While two letters might usually look the same, it is very possible that some shape could be acceptable for one but not the other. So, it makes sense to distinguish between them in binary representation. That allows the interpreting software to determine if it cares about the difference or not.

Also, the Unicode code tables do mention which characters look (nearly) identical, so it's definitely possible to make a program interpret something like a Greek question mark the same as a semicolon. I guess it's just that no one has bothered, since it's such a rare edge case.

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are the Latin "a" and the Cryilic "a" THE FUCKING SAME?

[–] mrpants@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In cases where something looks stupid but your knowledge on it is almost zero it's entirely possible that it's not.

The people that maintain Unicode have put a lot of thought and effort into this. Might be helpful to research why rather than assuming you have a better way despite little knowledge of the subject.

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When it's A FUCKING SECURITY issue, I know damn well what I'm talking about.

[–] mrpants@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again you do not because the world consists of more than your interests and job description.

[–] yum13241@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I know damn well what I'm talking about when someone could get scammed on "apple.com" but with a Cyrillic A.