Files with invalid characters like * do not get synced on Android

Other relevant requests:

Compatibility Checker for Windows incompatible file and folder names

Handle filename “casing”, “illegal” characters consistently across OS’es

Automatically convert and alias file names to use only safe characters (with optional h1) (forgot to save link)

Automatically purge unusable characters when pasting into file name area (only applies to pasting, doesn’t address alias/h1)

Convert disallowed characters in file name (Windows) to decodable substitutes to be suitable for file storage

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