[spacekitcat]

Eh, you don't get to control the language of others. If someone wants to say PitM, that's their business.

[bitcharmer]

You can also call it SITC (someone in the centre) attack if you will, but the point still stands - it impedes communication.

[spacekitcat]

So long as you expand the acronym in the first use, no one reasonable cares.

[jnwatson]

The same reasoning applies to "single letter variable names are fine".

Humans aren't computers. They have a finite number of concepts they can keep in their head. Using existing conventions leads to better understanding as it allow folks to get through a discussion without having to backtrack as often.

[bitcharmer]

I care. Always preferred well established acronyms that everyone is familiar with.

[spacekitcat]

From this day forward, I will refer to this sort of attack as a PiTM attack. Not much you can do to stop me I'm afraid.

[baobabKoodaa]

> no one reasonable cares

I care. There's no need to make challenging technical texts more obtuse to read by reinventing all the terms.