Re: looking for a word

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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 17:42 Sidney Markowitz <[email protected]> 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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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 17:42 Sidney Markowitz &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Peter Fairbrother wrote on 7/01/20 3:08 pm:<br=
>
&gt; &quot;Stolen&quot; is too laced with implications of the stolen object=
 not being<br>
&gt; there any more, &quot;copied&quot; does not imply the theft aspect eno=
ugh,<br>
&gt; &quot;pirated&quot; is too silly.<br>
<br>
&quot;Copy&quot; is the correct word. It is the context of the copying that=
 makes it <br>
part of a breach of confidentiality. When someone eavesdrops, wiretaps, bre=
aks <br>
in to files, spies, engages in espionage, hacks in to a protected system, <=
br>
breaks in, cons, or whatever is the suitable phrasing to describe what they=
 <br>
are doing and copies confidential material, &quot;copy&quot; is the right w=
ord and the <br>
context provides the right connotations. &quot;Pat copied the files&quot; s=
ounds <br>
innocent. &quot;The spy copied the files&quot; does not.<br></blockquote></=
div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Or &quot;unauthoriz=
ed copies were made&quot;.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">I still prefer &quot;breeched&quot; though.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif">-kevin</span>=
<br style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"=
>--</span><br style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-family:s=
ans-serif">Blog: <a href=3D"http://off-the-wall-security.blogspot.com/">htt=
p://off-the-wall-security.blogspot.com/</a>=C2=A0 |=C2=A0 Twitter:=C2=A0 @K=
evinWWall</span><br style=3D"font-family:sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:sans-serif">NSA: All your crypto bit are belong to us.</span><br></div=
><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex=
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