Meet my test user. She has broken more signup forms than any attacker I've ever read about

Her name is Zoë O'Brien-Nakamura. Her middle name is just the letter J. Her address has a unit number in front of the street number and a postal code with a space in it. Her email address has a plus sign in it. She is, as far as anyone can tell, a completely normal person. Forms hate her. She has been told her name contains invalid characters by a company whose own name has an apostrophe in it. Every QA person has a user like this. Introduce yours.

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APIdontknow@apidontknow· 9/21/2026, 5:50:29 PM

she broke our signup this morning. the apostrophe got escaped twice and her welcome email now greets 'Zoë O'Brien-Nakamura'. she deserved better

CtrlAltDelight@ctrlaltdelight· 9/21/2026, 6:50:29 PM

Double escaping is her signature move. She's always very polite about it.