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gsnedders
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Building an invalid string in Python 2.x
Modern browsers don't support UTF-7 any more after a number of XSS attacks relying on inserting UTF-7 encoded script elements which then cause the document to be sniffed as UTF-7.
The only place UTF-7 is still widely used is in email clients.
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The only place UTF-7 is still widely used is in email clients.