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In the case of the GCHQ, I believe there's a system which picks two random words to concatenate. The intention is that the codename would not reaveal anything a
by plorg 12y ago
In the case of the GCHQ, I believe there's a system which picks two random words to concatenate. The intention is that the codename would not reaveal anything about the program to which it refers.
- AlyssaRowan 12y agoYeah, that's what they should be doing, same with the NSA. Maybe 20 years ago. Now? Someone reads Sluggy Freelance and thinks FERRETCANNON sounds funny. They used to tell a story about this, the Germans in WW2, and their penchant for meaningful names allowing potentially meaningful guesswork. Of course, the new generation of brogrammer "cyber-specialists" in charge of Mastering The Internet never got the memo, on either side.