Comment by jl6
5 hours ago
Gender-neutral variant of man-in-the-middle. They should have just used something less controversial like master-in-the-middle.
5 hours ago
Gender-neutral variant of man-in-the-middle. They should have just used something less controversial like master-in-the-middle.
"master" is less controversial?
No, it's a reference/joke to the old controversy regarding master/slave naming in computer circles. I don't know how far back that controversy goes, I probably heard about it about a decade ago.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/master-slave-and-t...
I think that was sarcasm
To be fair, a monster is scary so it fits. Malice in the middle perhaps would have been less confusing.
> Gender-neutral variant of man-in-the-middle
Countless and countless, no, millions of male developers felt discriminated against whenever someone called it Man-in-the-middle. This went on unaccounted for for decades! Finally we’re being seen!
Not to mention all the women who were misogynisticly attacked by assuming women can’t be hackers.
Finally justice. It’s very important that we’re getting our priorities right when talking about security vulnerabilities!
Madame-in-the-middle
> who were misogynisticly attacked by assuming women can’t be hackers
Eve would like to have a word with you. I haven't heard of Heidi before... but she's apparently one of the cast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob#Cast_of_characte...
As a sentient cephalopod who has enjoyed hacking staff computers when I slip out of my tank at the National Aquarium every night, I can only say it feels good to be seen. We're finally making progress on de-centering hominid perspectives in favor of a more diverse range of natural intelligences!
Monkey-in-the-middle would've worked since someone could monkey with your packets and it's already an established name for a children's game
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I prefer the chaotic option of MITM-in-the-middle.
(Mallory-in-the-middle is OK too.)
Or, you know, man-in-the-middle because that was already a correct, perfectly clear use of English.
The women developers would like to cede this gender-neutral replacement back to the men, we don't want to be included.
/s
I absolutely love monster-in-the-middle. Big round of applause to whoever thought of that.