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by acer4666 764 days ago
It's about being in the middle of the encrypted tunnel, not the network traffic. It's no more misleading than saying "man".
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croes 763 days ago
If you already now it's about an encrypted tunnel you also know it isn't literally a man.

Especially because PITM is already used in other contexts

https://www.acronymfinder.com/PITM.html

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