> That is the etymology of whitelist and blacklist. It's hard finding a definitive source for blacklist, though first time reading someone suggesting it's from

> That is the etymology of whitelist and blacklist. It's hard finding a definitive source for blacklist, though first time reading someone suggesting it's from that sense. Many centuries old examples I've seen when looking this up seem to have already had it as some in-use vocabulary. Edit: huh, entire parent thread has been entirely hidden on HN. I suppose it was too much of a digression.