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Talk to a congressperson who knows about cyber like Ron Wyden.


FFS. "Cyber" is an adjective. Not a noun.

Just because the less-technically adept parts of the infosec community & even more hapless government workers wanted to sound cool doesn't suddenly make it right.


That's how colloquial language develops, however.


This is true. But it doesn't make every new development an intelligent or useful one.

But then I also just enjoy responding with "Cyber what?" whenever someone uses it as a noun. The correlation between people who are asked and can then provide a relevant noun has not been high.


Seems kinda useful, to group knowledge regarding computers & the internet, and how they impact other industries.


Language just got cybered.




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