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Comment by ethbro

8 years ago

FFS. "Cyber" is an adjective. Not a noun.

Just because the less-technically adept parts of the infosec community & even more hapless government workers wanted to sound cool doesn't suddenly make it right.

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King-Aaron  8 years ago

That's how colloquial language develops, however.

  • ethbro  8 years ago

    This is true. But it doesn't make every new development an intelligent or useful one.

    But then I also just enjoy responding with "Cyber what?" whenever someone uses it as a noun. The correlation between people who are asked and can then provide a relevant noun has not been high.

    • d0lph  8 years ago

      Seems kinda useful, to group knowledge regarding computers & the internet, and how they impact other industries.