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VMGtoday at 12:17 PM1 replyview on HN

Note that this is much more dangerous than visiting a website. ANSI escape sequences can seriously mess with your system, RCE included.


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kjs3today at 3:32 PM

Note that this is much more dangerous than visiting a website.

Are you being hyperbolic or do you seriously think the attack surface area of ANSI escape sequences is 'much more' than, say, Javascrpt?