Re: Insecure about browser terminology

Subject: Re: Insecure about browser terminology
From: Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:32:46 -0700

At 11:03 AM 7/21/97 -0700, Barry Kieffer wrote:
>On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Amy Brown wrote:
>
>> Is a browser "insecure" or "nonsecure"?
>>
>>
>> "Insecure" seems to be the standard, although it could be deemed a little
too anthropomorphic (I'm not the one doing the deeming, in this case. I
prefer "insecure".)
>>
>
>How about "not secure" as in: "use care when using the browser, as it is
>not secure."
>
And if I were writing for an international audience, I would replace "as"
with "because." It makes for a clearer translation.

--Wayne
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