Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login"

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by baronvonsp on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:33PM (#40493314)

These are widely-used industry terms that have been used for decades. If that was a problem, surely we would have seen it by now?

Replacing terms - that have been around so long that many systems' behaviors map to them closely - with new terms that don't quite overlap seems wildly more likely to create ambiguity and confusion.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by bigstrat2003 on Monday May 27, 2024 @11:59PM (#40497197)

Unfortunately that is no obstacle for some - see for example the misguided efforts to replace "master/slave" or "blacklist/whitelist". Those terms are similarly clear and not problematic, but there are people who are insistent that they must be replaced.

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