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I know we're all searching for ways to become morally outraged, but it feels like no rational person would draw this conclusion, particularly considering that A

I know we're all searching for ways to become morally outraged, but it feels like no rational person would draw this conclusion, particularly considering that Alice and Bob were originally created as generic placeholders when discussion cryptography. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Lammy 6y ago
There's no need to imply I'm morally outraged when I posted this in about as un-outraged a manner possible. It's easy for you or I to think it's ridiculous when we have knowledge of the history of these names as examples throughout computing, but it feels like no rational person could look at them in this context and not think that a person who lacks that background knowledge may draw the wrong conclusion.