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by greenleafjacob 2692 days ago
Not sure if this was intentional but in security, Alice and Bob wre the names in hypotheticals for the attacker and unwitting victim since the RSA paper.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob

2 comments

Don’t get me started about Eve...
Your comment shows a clear lack of contextual insight into general software security. Alice (A) and Bob (B) are ubiquitous in discussions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob

Not sure his comment deserved a response like that.
Geez that was harsh...
ITT: lack of social cues all around, classic Hackernews