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Dark red on darker red, totally easy to read
It's to prevent TEMPEST hackers from reading his screen, ergo his mind, through the walls.
Of course! 100,000,000 IQ technique
Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but there's some people who prefer it as it can lead to less strain in low light situations.
That being said, white text on black background is peak, for me at least.
Yeah true, different contrast issues for different folks
Best that can be done is aiming for the non-conflicting parts of WCAG, and giving people configuration options
My personal favourite is off-black background with white text, such as #111 background with #fff text