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I was looking through some of the vault 7 wikileaks and I was getting confused a bit by some of the names, like why would they name a thumbdrive infection tool Drifting Deadline or an android app that redirects SMS messaging Highline? Some of them make sense like Pandemic but others just seem too out of nowhere. Maybe idk enough about technology and computers but can someone try to help me out
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Names are memes in the most literal sense of the word
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this
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It's a meaningless name. It allows the name to be used without giving away what it is.
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>group works on program to do an objective
>their boss tells them, "we need a name! send me your ideas"
>people send their ideas
>boss picks one
not that hard. they will use a name that doesn't directly apply to what the application does so it can be used in an unclassified setting.
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They're called cryptonyms for a reason
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