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Who coined the phrase "cyber" for security related things lol. It's so 1999.
by sergiotapia 24d ago
Who coined the phrase "cyber" for security related things lol. It's so 1999.
- estearum 24d agoHasn't the field been called "cybersecurity" since... forever?
- fwip 24d agoSure, but the appropriate shortening here is "security." Calling it cyber is like shortening email to "e".
- estearum 23d ago...? There are lots and lots of fields of security that have nothing to do with cybersecurity...
- fwip 23d agoCyber as a prefix basically just means "related to a computer network." If you're of a certain age, "cyber" primarily means cybersex. There's also cybernetics, cybercafes, and more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-related_prefixes#%22Cyber-%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-related_prefixes#%22C...
- atemerev 24d agoA/S/L?
- cleverpotato479 24d agoAmusingly, "cyber" comes from the word "kubernetes"!
- josefresco 24d agoCyber is more of an early 1990's thing, and I have no issue with it unlike most in the tech field. I feel like it dropped off in the late 90's and early 00's but made a comeback as hacking became a mainstream security issue.
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- Gander5739 24d agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1573/ https://xkcd.com/1573/
- sumeno 24d agoI assure you that in 1999 "cyber" meant something very different