Old-timers, at this point, but I take your point. I guess, for that matter, the terms "social engineering" (as it relates to manipulating people into divulging secrets, etc) and "doxxing" both came from the same community, too. How bizarre. Terms that were bandied about by kids in text files became actual industry jargon (and, in the case of "doxxing", arguably mainstream).
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Old-timers, at this point, but I take your point. I guess, for that matter, the terms "social engineering" (as it relates to manipulating people into divulging secrets, etc) and "doxxing" both came from the same community, too. How bizarre. Terms that were bandied about by kids in text files became actual industry jargon (and, in the case of "doxxing", arguably mainstream).