alt Hacker NewsIt's a source of minor, but persistent, annoyance that security people have tried to abscond with the prefix cyber, morphing it into a synonym for security.
Having grown up reading cyberpunk novels about life in cyberspace, a passing interest in cybernetics (though not of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation variety), it's frustrating to lose a 'this means computer or internet related' prefix.
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SturgeonsLaw • last Wednesday at 8:50 AM
As far as I can tell, using the word cyber to specifically and only talk about security has come from the kind of suits who take Gartner seriously.
I don't know any techies who use the term like that, unless they're in a role that interfaces with the suits.
Hmm, I guess this puts the unregulated banking enthusiasts’ stealing of the crypto prefix in a new light.