[Cryptography] looking for a word

[Kevin W. Wall]

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 17:42 Sidney Markowitz <sidney at sidney.com> wrote:

> Peter Fairbrother wrote on 7/01/20 3:08 pm:
> > "Stolen" is too laced with implications of the stolen object not being
> > there any more, "copied" does not imply the theft aspect enough,
> > "pirated" is too silly.
>
> "Copy" is the correct word. It is the context of the copying that makes it
> part of a breach of confidentiality. When someone eavesdrops, wiretaps,
> breaks
> in to files, spies, engages in espionage, hacks in to a protected system,
> breaks in, cons, or whatever is the suitable phrasing to describe what
> they
> are doing and copies confidential material, "copy" is the right word and
> the
> context provides the right connotations. "Pat copied the files" sounds
> innocent. "The spy copied the files" does not.
>

Or "unauthorized copies were made".

I still prefer "breeched" though.

-kevin
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