Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the word ‘crypto’

Re:Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the wo... by OJFord on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:47PM (#29309341)

Frankly, you're reading HN, you can cope with it; a lot of people can't, and do confuse them as adults.

An extreme example - there was a paediatrician murdered (? At least something severe happened) in the UK after a newspaper published his name and occupation in connection with some more mundane story, and some idiot saw 'paed' and assumed all words with that prefix mean the same bad thing, or whatever.

Many people can't reliably tell you whether they bought something in a shop, or brought it home from a friend who gifted it to them.

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Re:Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the wo... by RobertRoberts on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:50PM (#29310166)

Lack of intelligence and/or education can't be solved by modifying our language.

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Re:Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the wo... by OJFord on Monday November 22, 2021 @02:47PM (#29310821)

Of course not, I only meant that while yes you grew out of confusing them, many people don't; many people won't realise crypto isn't crypto.

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