Comments on: Yahoo Bans Any Username Containing “Allah”

By: Yiddish

Yiddish — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:38:05 +0000

a37402allah238493 is available, for me.

By: Joshua Zucker

Joshua Zucker — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:39:02 +0000

A friend of mine tried to register a username based on her first name — Cassandra — and it was suggested (by the script at that site) that to avoid offending people she might want to consider Cbuttandra instead.

By: M D M

M D M — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:07:59 +0000

Ok I tried “Congratulations, the ID
allah236508aer is available!” So either Aunty Spam is stirring up unnecessary trouble or yahoo has corrected itself … whatever… we dont need stirring the pot folks…

By: Lon

Lon — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:33:41 +0000

Who really cares…why stir up more s***…

By: Kelson

Kelson — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:52:43 +0000

Given the number of people named Jes�s or variations on Mohammed (not to mention the number of spellings!) I’d expect it to be a bit hard for them to block those names without being noticed. But it’s not as if Callahan is that uncommon a name.

Well, file it away as another example of how simple string-comparison filters are too simple to use in the real world. You’d think Yahoo would have gone to a little extra trouble.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:48:11 +0000

One person I read about tried to register “RapeIsMyHobby” and they let it right through!

Crazy!