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		pksebben on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... while "Allowlist" and "Blocklist" are certainly better for being more self-documenting, whoever is in a position to create a whitelist and get it backwards obviously has a deeper problem re:RTFM

notahacker on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

> whoever is in a position to create a whitelist and get it backwards obviously has a deeper problem re:RTFM

This is true, but also probably an indication that the term "whitelist" isn't as universally understood [by developers] as the "how dare you suggest using allowlist!" crowd suggest...

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