🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)alice@lgbtqia.space
Aug 1, 2026, 6:08 PM@datarama really? I've heard Trudy before, but we always used Eve (and sometimes Mallory).
Ooo, I found the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_Bob
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dataramadatarama@hachyderm.ioAug 1, 2026, 6:18 PM@alice Trudy for "Intruder". :-) I have heard Mallory, but never Eve.
Elsethread, I mentioned an anecdote: A long time ago I needed to buy some time to gather my thoughts during an exam about applied cryptography, so when I drew that diagram I introduced them as Anthon and Berg, with Toms listening in.
(Anthon Berg and Toms are Danish chocolate brands. :-) And I did get some time to gather my thoughts while the examiners laughed.)
- dataramadatarama@hachyderm.ioAug 1, 2026, 6:20 PM
@alice (I'm guessing in the updated diogenes-ism, Trudy would be a loud AI bro barging in to tell Alice that she should just be running a local model?)
- 🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)alice@lgbtqia.spaceAug 1, 2026, 7:11 PM
@datarama totally 😂
Though I also feel like Trudy would be touting the latest version of Grok 😋
- dataramadatarama@hachyderm.ioAug 1, 2026, 7:12 PM
@alice Of the three, I think I can guess their social media habits too: Alice is on fedi, Bob uses Bluesky and Trudy is still on Twitter.
- 🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)alice@lgbtqia.spaceAug 1, 2026, 7:24 PM
@datarama I know for a fact that Eve isn't on any of those, but does indeed browse my public timeline while not logged in.
(I keep asking her when she'll join my server, but she's too shy to do it)
Admiral MemoAdmiralMemo@mastodon.socialAug 1, 2026, 6:53 PM- 🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)alice@lgbtqia.spaceAug 1, 2026, 7:12 PM
@AdmiralMemo yeah, Eve is typically the person-in-the-middle or eavesdropper character.