alt Hacker NewsIs that really the name for it? It sounds revolting
Can’t we just use prim and proper terms like provenance
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QuantumNomad_ • today at 6:16 AM
The main meaning of taint is contamination. Not really a revolting term to me. Maybe you associate it with some of its other meanings and that’s why you find it revolting.
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"Provenance" tracks where data came from, but "taint" tracks where unsafe data can flow. It's a uhh not so sexy term, but it is the industry standard term.