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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by yosamino on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:09AM (#26861833)
I am mainly onboard in renaming things in order to be a bit more inclusive, even though I recognize the firction that this causes. But this is a GREATLY missed opportunity of renaming

  Man-In-The-Middle
to

  Mallory-In-The-Middle
Mallory was the villain who invented MITM-attacks and it is a unisex name.

I am really disapointed...

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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by rullelito on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:27AM (#26861952)
Names can become gendered, so this is not future proof.
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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by stevehawk on Monday April 19, 2021 @10:05AM (#26862876)
What word or symbol really is future proof?
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Re:Word usage guidance and alternative terms by xook on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:31PM (#26865557)
The biohazard symbol comes to mind as it is meant to be "memorable but meaningless"[0] as a symbol. I imagine it will be in use a century from now, if not longer, since it was created specifically to convey a hazardous condition.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20110716160837/http://www.hms.ha...

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