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1. danhau+Fd[view] [source] 2025-11-29 10:49:12
>>mfigui+(OP)
> However, when decoding, we must handle errors and skip spaces.

This had me scratching my head. Why would a base64 decoder need to skip spaces? But indeed, MDN documents this behavior:

> Note that: The whitespace in the space is ignored.

JS never ceases to surprise. Also, check out that typo :D

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

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2. clucki+Io[view] [source] 2025-11-29 13:12:21
>>danhau+Fd
So technically it’s now possible to hide a payload in somewhat human-readable text, as long as it base64-decodes.
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