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The article's thesis might or might not be true (I don't think it is in the field of cryptography), but the article certain it doesn't provide anywhere near eno
by Ar-Curunir 9y ago
The article's thesis might or might not be true (I don't think it is in the field of cryptography), but the article certain it doesn't provide anywhere near enough evidence to conclude that the trope of "Alice and Bob" is used to oppress people.
The article cites one presentation that a single researcher used as evidence that Alice and Bob are viewed as a couple, but I've seen enough crypto presentations to assert that most researchers don't view Alice and Bob as a couple in any way (in fact, many crypto presentations use Bob the builder and Lewis Carroll's Alice to represent Alice and Bob, and they certainly don't make a couple).
- amelius 9y agoI'm curious what character is typically used for eavesdropper Charles.
- stock_toaster 9y agoI thought Eve was the eavesdropper.
- dullgiulio 9y agoShe is. Maybe the parent wonders why A, B is not followed by C. E could stand for eavesdropper or just evil.
- Ar-Curunir 9y agoI believe E stands for Eve stands for "Eves"dropper.
- sillysaurus3 9y agoHa, I never made that connection.
- amelius 9y agoAnd who is the man in the middle?
- Mtinie 9y agoMichael. Oh wait, my apologies, he's the man in the mirror.
- CameronBanga 9y agoMallory, the malicious man in the middle.
- m-watson 9y agoAw, you beat me to it. I had a meeting to run to and didn't respond. But adding to that there is a whole wiki (of course there is) about this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob
- rypskar 9y agoI have always seen Alice and Bob as substitutes for person A and person B to make it more personal nothing more, and eavesdropper Eve and malicious Mallory used because the names describe their role
- IshKebab 9y agoWhere does it say that it is used to oppress people?