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Au contraire, the differing meanings of the word "crypto" are a fantastic shibboleth. When someone uses "crypto" to refer exclusively to cryptocurrencies, that
by azernik 5y ago
Au contraire, the differing meanings of the word "crypto" are a fantastic shibboleth. When someone uses "crypto" to refer exclusively to cryptocurrencies, that is a very good signal that they do not have knowledge about the technical side of things.
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- Daviey 5y agoAs a doctoral security researcher, working full time in fintec security engineering having good low level knowledge TLS, SSH, X.509, etc and using pycrypto and golang crypto libraries most days... but also proficient in blockchain technology including solidity. I'm also a part time consultant (& red teamer) with a well known platform, having received awards from both the US Pentagon and other national equivalents. Although I am careful to use short or long form depending on the context, I do tend to use crypto more to refer to the currency rather than cryptography. And I don't think I'm a minority, so I hope you reconsider your gatekeeping view on this.