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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by bitcharmer on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:23AM (#25728533)
You can also call it SITC (someone in the centre) attack if you will, but the point still stands - it impedes communication.
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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by spacekitcat on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:47AM (#25728781)
So long as you expand the acronym in the first use, no one reasonable cares.
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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by jnwatson on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:50AM (#25729522)
The same reasoning applies to "single letter variable names are fine".

Humans aren't computers. They have a finite number of concepts they can keep in their head. Using existing conventions leads to better understanding as it allow folks to get through a discussion without having to backtrack as often.

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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by bitcharmer on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:15AM (#25729062)
I care. Always preferred well established acronyms that everyone is familiar with.
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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by spacekitcat on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:48AM (#25729485)
From this day forward, I will refer to this sort of attack as a PiTM attack. Not much you can do to stop me I'm afraid.
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Re:The Most Backdoor-Looking Bug I’ve Ever Seen by baobabKoodaa on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:06AM (#25730776)
> no one reasonable cares

I care. There's no need to make challenging technical texts more obtuse to read by reinventing all the terms.

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