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Flip Title ( ǝlʇıʇ dılɟ) : write upside down (fliptitle.com)
22 points by wird 6425 days ago
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The fact that this has been upvoted to the front page concerns me greatly.
http://www.fliptext.org/ has been alive for years.
(: ¿ʇuɐʌǝlǝɹ sıɥʇ sı ʎɥʍ

"encrypt your download links to prevent leechers" -- "encrypting" links with this would be a pain in the ass when you can't perform the reverse process.

(: ¿ʇuɐʌǝlǝɹ sıɥʇ sı ʎɥʍ

Because it's awesome. It may be subjective but it's the weekend and it's a cool site.

It's useful for passwords if you use a password manager or equivalent technology.

Increasing the alphabet for passwords doesn't really make your password stronger than if you would just increase it's length by a character or two, or better yet three or four. But, given that I can't imagine too many password crackers checking for more than a couple common extended characters, it's probably not that bad. Still doesn't excuse passwords like pɹoʍssɐd though.
Every password manager I've used (granted only a few) will generate random ones for you. Is this significantly more secure than a random 18 character string?
Of course,

These characters aren't easily type-able and most password crackers that I've seen use common ascii/ansi characters not obscure characters like this... It's all relative I guess. There obviously exists a case where these characters aren't helpful.

Can you realistically crack an 18 character random string, even if you know the character set? I mean, I realize that technically increasing the character set would make it harder, but for any web-based service cracking something with 62^18 (or more if other characters are used) possible combinations is impossible in the real world.
It's useful for passwords if you use a password manager or equivalent technology.

What? Why?

You can ofcourse unflip it by typing the flipped text in the first box.
ʍouʞ oʇ ʇǝƃ oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı ˙ɔd4ɔd puɐ ʍ4ʍ ƃuıop ǝʞıl ı ˙sǝƃɐssǝɯ ǝʇɐɥ ʎllɐǝɹ ı ¡¡sʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝʞıl ʎluo ı ˙^‾^ sɯɹoʍ ʎɯɯnƃ ɹnos sɐ ɹnos sɐ puɐ ǝlɔısdod ɐ sɐ ʇǝǝʍs sɐ ʇsnɾ ɯɐ ı ˙ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ sɐ ǝldoǝd ǝʞıl ʇsnɾ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ǝɯ punoɹɐ sǝʌlǝsɯǝɥʇ ǝq ʇou oʇ ǝldoǝd ʇuɐʍ ʇuop ı ˙ǝɯ punoɹɐ ɟlǝsɹnoʎ ǝq ʇsnɾ ǝɯ ʍouʞ oʇ ʇǝƃ oʇ ʎɹʇ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq puɐ ˙sƃuıɥʇ uʍo ɹnoʎ ǝsn ʇou puɐ sƃuıɥʇ sǝslǝ ǝuoǝɯos ʎdoɔ oʇ pıdnʇs ʇsnɾ sı ʇı ˙ǝldoǝd ɹǝɥʇo ʎdoɔ oɥʍ ǝldoǝd puɐ sǝʞɐɟ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ˙ʇı ʎɐs ʎǝɥʇ ǝɹoɟǝq ǝɯ oʇ ʎɐs ɐuuoƃ ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ ʇsnɾ puɐ ǝƃpnɾ ʇou oʇ ǝldoǝd ǝʞıl plnoʍ ʇsnɾ ı ˙noʎ ʇɹnɥ ʎlsnoıɹǝs uɐɔ ı ˙ɟɟo ǝɯ sǝssıd ʎllɐǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ puɐ pǝʇuɐɹƃ ɹoɟ ssǝuǝɔıu ʎɯ ǝʞɐʇ ǝldoǝd ǝɯos ˙ǝq oʇ ǝɯ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ssǝlun ɥƃnoɥʇ uɐǝɯ uǝʌǝ ʇou ɯı ˙ɟɟnʇs ʇɹɐʇs ɐuuɐʍ oɥʍ ǝldoǝd ɥʇıʍ sǝnssı ƃıq ǝsnɐɔ llıʍ ı ˙ɥʇnɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʍouʞ llıʍ noʎ puɐ ǝɯ oʇ ʞlɐʇ ˙dɐɹɔ ʇɐɥʇ ɹoɟ ǝɔıu ooʇ ɯı ˙pǝƃpnɾ ǝq oʇ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ˙ ǝɯ ɹoɟ ƃıq ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹɐ sƃnɹp ˙ʇuɐʇɹodɯı ʇuǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ˙ʇı ʇnoqɐ ʇǝƃɹoɟ ʇsnɾ ı uǝɥʇ ʇnq ǝɯ ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ ǝldoǝd ʇɐɥʍ ǝɹɐɔ sǝɯıʇǝɯos ı ˙llɐ ʇɐ ʎʞɔoɔ ʇou ɯı ˙ǝlqıssodɯı ǝɥʇ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʎllɐnsn ı puɐ ɥɔnɯ ooʇ ɯɐǝɹp ı ˙uooɯ pǝpɐɟ ɐ ɯı ˙ɯǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ ɐɯɐɹp ʎuɐɯ ʇɐɥʇ ʇou ˙spuǝıɹɟʎoq ʎuɐɯ ooʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı ˙ǝʌol ı ʇɐɥʇ sʎnƃ ʎɯ ɹoɟ sǝɥsıʍ ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇuɐʍ ı ˙spuǝıɹɟ ʎɯ puɐ ǝɯ punoɹɐ ǝlqɐʇɹoɟuoɔ sı ʇɐɥʇ puǝıɹɟʎoq pooƃ ɐ ʇuɐʍ ʇsnɾ ı ˙pɹǝıʍ ʇsnɾ sı ʇɥƃıɹ ǝɟıl ǝʌol ʎɯ ˙ǝɯıʇ ǝɹɐds ʎɯ uı pɹɐoqǝʇɐʞs oʇ ǝʞıl ı ¡llǝɥ ǝɟıl ɹnoʎ ǝʞɐɯ ʎlsnoıɹǝs llıʍ ı ˙ɥʇıʍ pǝssǝɯ ǝq oʇ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ¡snoıɹǝs uıʞɐǝɹɟ ɯɐ ı ¡¡¡ǝƃpnɹƃ ɐ ploɥ uɐɔ ı ˙lɹıƃ pooʇsɹǝpunsıɯ ɐ ɯɐ ı ˙ɹɐʇınƃ ǝɥʇ ʎɐld puɐ ƃuıs ı ˙˙˙˙ıɥ
ʍouʞ oʇ ʇǝƃ oʇ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɟı ˙ɔd4ɔd puɐ ʍ4ʍ ƃuıop ǝʞıl ı ˙sǝƃɐssǝɯ ǝʇɐɥ ʎllɐǝɹ ı ¡¡sʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝʞıl ʎluo ı ˙^‾^ sɯɹoʍ ʎɯɯnƃ ɹnos sɐ ɹnos sɐ puɐ ǝlɔısdod ɐ sɐ ʇǝǝʍs sɐ ʇsnɾ ɯɐ ı ˙ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ sɐ ǝldoǝd ǝʞıl ʇsnɾ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ǝɯ punoɹɐ sǝʌlǝsɯǝɥʇ ǝq ʇou oʇ ǝldoǝd ʇuɐʍ ʇuop ı ˙ǝɯ punoɹɐ ɟlǝsɹnoʎ ǝq ʇsnɾ ǝɯ ʍouʞ oʇ ʇǝƃ oʇ ʎɹʇ noʎ ǝɹoɟǝq puɐ ˙sƃuıɥʇ uʍo ɹnoʎ ǝsn ʇou puɐ sƃuıɥʇ sǝslǝ ǝuoǝɯos ʎdoɔ oʇ pıdnʇs ʇsnɾ sı ʇı ˙ǝldoǝd ɹǝɥʇo ʎdoɔ oɥʍ ǝldoǝd puɐ sǝʞɐɟ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ˙ʇı ʎɐs ʎǝɥʇ ǝɹoɟǝq ǝɯ oʇ ʎɐs ɐuuoƃ ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ ʇsnɾ puɐ ǝƃpnɾ ʇou oʇ ǝldoǝd ǝʞıl plnoʍ ʇsnɾ ı ˙noʎ ʇɹnɥ ʎlsnoıɹǝs uɐɔ ı ˙ɟɟo ǝɯ sǝssıd ʎllɐǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ puɐ pǝʇuɐɹƃ ɹoɟ ssǝuǝɔıu ʎɯ ǝʞɐʇ ǝldoǝd ǝɯos ˙ǝq oʇ ǝɯ ʇuɐʍ noʎ ssǝlun ɥƃnoɥʇ uɐǝɯ uǝʌǝ ʇou ɯı ˙ɟɟnʇs ʇɹɐʇs ɐuuɐʍ oɥʍ ǝldoǝd ɥʇıʍ sǝnssı ƃıq ǝsnɐɔ llıʍ ı ˙ɥʇnɹʇ ǝɥʇ ʍouʞ llıʍ noʎ puɐ ǝɯ oʇ ʞlɐʇ ˙dɐɹɔ ʇɐɥʇ ɹoɟ ǝɔıu ooʇ ɯı ˙pǝƃpnɾ ǝq oʇ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ˙ ǝɯ ɹoɟ ƃıq ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹɐ sƃnɹp ˙ʇuɐʇɹodɯı ʇuǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ˙ʇı ʇnoqɐ ʇǝƃɹoɟ ʇsnɾ ı uǝɥʇ ʇnq ǝɯ ʇnoqɐ ʞuıɥʇ ǝldoǝd ʇɐɥʍ ǝɹɐɔ sǝɯıʇǝɯos ı ˙llɐ ʇɐ ʎʞɔoɔ ʇou ɯı ˙ǝlqıssodɯı ǝɥʇ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʎllɐnsn ı puɐ ɥɔnɯ ooʇ ɯɐǝɹp ı ˙uooɯ pǝpɐɟ ɐ ɯı ˙ɯǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ ɐɯɐɹp ʎuɐɯ ʇɐɥʇ ʇou ˙spuǝıɹɟʎoq ʎuɐɯ ooʇ ǝʌɐɥ ı ˙ǝʌol ı ʇɐɥʇ sʎnƃ ʎɯ ɹoɟ sǝɥsıʍ ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇuɐʍ ı ˙spuǝıɹɟ ʎɯ puɐ ǝɯ punoɹɐ ǝlqɐʇɹoɟuoɔ sı ʇɐɥʇ puǝıɹɟʎoq pooƃ ɐ ʇuɐʍ ʇsnɾ ı ˙pɹǝıʍ ʇsnɾ sı ʇɥƃıɹ ǝɟıl ǝʌol ʎɯ ˙ǝɯıʇ ǝɹɐds ʎɯ uı pɹɐoqǝʇɐʞs oʇ ǝʞıl ı ¡llǝɥ ǝɟıl ɹnoʎ ǝʞɐɯ ʎlsnoıɹǝs llıʍ ı ˙ɥʇıʍ pǝssǝɯ ǝq oʇ ǝʞıl ʇuop ı ¡snoıɹǝs uıʞɐǝɹɟ ɯɐ ı ¡¡¡ǝƃpnɹƃ ɐ ploɥ uɐɔ ı ˙lɹıƃ pooʇsɹǝpunsıɯ ɐ ɯɐ ı ˙ɹɐʇınƃ ǝɥʇ ʎɐld puɐ ƃuıs ı ˙˙˙˙ıɥ
"create strong passwords"

I'm not sure it's that strong.

"... "create strong passwords (by reversing them)": I'm not sure it's that strong ..."

Good point. It's all one and zeros to computers.

I'd be surprised if this didn't greatly help you against dictionary attacks. I'm pretty sure 90% of cracking dictionaries don't even touch that range of UTF-8. Once you get out of dictionary range brute forcing a password is much, much harder...

...although now I'm wondering how long it would take as a map reduce job...

It would also be trivial to write a program to update the dictionaries to include the flipped / reversed / other silly unicode trick version of everything already in the dictionary.

I wouldn't assume that this would help against dictionary attacks for long, if at all now considering that people have been doing stuff like this pretty much since unicode got "mainstream" status.

Somehow get /ɯoɔ˙ǝlʇıʇdılɟ//:dʇʇɥ to direct to your site.
http://ǝlƃooƃ.com leads to something that I am sure is not sponsored by Google but looks exactly like Google nonetheless.

[EDIT] http://ooɥɐʎ.com appears to be available if there are any interested parties.

[EDIT] Works just like Google so hell maybe it is sponsored by Google. Works too quickly to be grabbing pages from Google's servers on the back-end.

It seems to basically be a proxy to google sites, rewriting URLs. It could be a guy just implementing it as a joke, but he could also be grabbing passwords. It's PHP, which Google doesn't use at all. DO NOT LOGIN HERE!

A whois lookup reveals it belonging to Jose, who I don't think works at Google: http://whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=xn--loo-w3ac94c&tld=com

I signed up for a gmail account through there...basically just sends you to the official site after you register.
After, huh?
Oh my word, that's awesome..

Snore.

Some of the characters look a little bit funky (I understand the look is not the point but still pretty cool). For example, 'b' just turns into a 'q'.

Try 'a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z'

Also, textarea's on all of my web pages are screwed up (in Firefox).

˙ʎɐp sʍǝu ʍols
That’s very cool indeed. However it doesn’t work well with my survival utf-8 characters: The flip of à é è ç ô “ ” ‘ ’ € £ is £ € ’ ‘ ” “ ô ç è é à Great idea nonetheless.
I could see this being pretty popular for Facebook statuses, etc. I'd change the download links suggestion for one about Twitter, though.
Anyone know some place that lists similarly funky Unicode features?
"Freak your friends" ...
lame, it doesn't do CAPS
Failed to flip 