Python's Unicode support can be easily abused to hide malicious string matches, making code appear innocuous while still performing malicious behavior. In this case, the stealing of sensitive data ...

However, should the abuse of Unicode for hiding malicious Python code become a trend, it might become cause for concern. "But, whomever this author copied this obfuscated code from is clever ...

This is a Python implementation of the Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA). It passes 100% of the UCA conformance tests for Unicode 5.2.0 (Python 2.7), Unicode 6.3.0 (Python 3.3+), Unicode 8.0.0 (Python ...

The unicodecsv is a drop-in replacement for Python 2.7's csv module which supports unicode strings without a hassle. Supported versions are python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4 ...