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You can also call it SITC (someone in the centre) attack if you will, but the point still stands - it impedes communication.
by bitcharmer 6y ago
You can also call it SITC (someone in the centre) attack if you will, but the point still stands - it impedes communication.
- spacekitcat 6y agoSo long as you expand the acronym in the first use, no one reasonable cares.
- bitcharmer 6y agoI care. Always preferred well established acronyms that everyone is familiar with.
- spacekitcat 6y agoFrom this day forward, I will refer to this sort of attack as a PiTM attack. Not much you can do to stop me I'm afraid.
- jnwatson 6y agoThe same reasoning applies to "single letter variable names are fine". Humans aren't computers. They have a finite number of concepts they can keep in their head. Using existing conventions leads to better understanding as it allow folks to get through a discussion without having to backtrack as often.
- baobabKoodaa 6y ago> no one reasonable cares I care. There's no need to make challenging technical texts more obtuse to read by reinventing all the terms.