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Apostrophes and hyphens trip up computer systems
The article describes how apostrophes hyphens and spaces in names create login booking voting and records problems across the United States. It cites Oconnors ODowd DAngelo DArtagnan and Van Campen among others and notes two main failure modes: form filters blocking unfamiliar characters and database storage misinterpreting punctuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Irish Voice
Michael Rais
Permission Data
New York
Rais
Michigan
O'Connors
Al-Husseini
van Kemps
Mark Grebner
Democratic Party
Jessica van Campen
Jessica van
Jes
Sica Campen
Jessican Kampen
Campen
Lina Alathari
Lina Al-Athari
America
Erin Carney D'Angelo
John Smith
Mary White
Ireland
O'Dowd