- From: Brent Zundel <brent.zundel@evernym.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:47:07 -0600
- Cc: "W3C Credentials CG (Public List)" <public-credentials@w3.org>
Received on Friday, 13 August 2021 15:47:56 UTC
I would like to echo Orie and also add my encouragement that we avoid using the terms blacklist and whitelist and replace them with denylist and allowlist. Language matters. My hope is that folks will try to be careful with their language. Making this small change could have more of an impact than you realize. There are a good number of non-native english speakers for whom the meaning of whitelist and blacklist is not clear the way the meaning of allowlist and denylist is. There is also the issue with whitelist and blacklist that they are based on the notion that white is good, while black is bad. I am not saying that those who use blacklist and whitelist are biased in their views. I do not believe that this is true at all. But the words themselves are based on a biased notion which we would do well to not perpetuate, especially when we have a viable alternative. -- Brent Zundel, Evernym Principle Cryptography Engineer
Received on Friday, 13 August 2021 15:47:56 UTC