[BlueOnyx:24092] Re: Whitelist / Blacklist terminology

[Roy Urick]

Does that mean I also must stop referring to my internal security team 
as "white hat" hackers?

Give me a break.

On 7/11/2020 3:12 PM, Michael Aronoff wrote:
>
> I hope this does not come across as too PC for some people but I would 
> like to humbly request that as new updates are made this project 
> consider replacing the Whitelist/Blacklist terminology in favor of 
> denylist/allowlist or blocklist/passlist.
>
> The Linux team have just made the same change and I think it is a good 
> idea to follow suit. I have also just made a donation at 
> http://www.blueonyx.it/ to help cover the time such a change would take.
>
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-team-approves-new-terminology-bans-terms-like-blacklist-and-slave/ 
>
>
> Thank You,
>
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>
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