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With talk once again about encrypted DNS thanks to Microsoft starting early on their "embrace, extend, extinguish" campaign, can we maybe first decide on a *good* replacement for, "Man in the Middle"?

While I appreciate writers and editors trying to use non-sexist terms most of their attempts are just...weird. Either because they're relying on AI or because they really really want to keep MITM as the acronym.

A few possibilities are, "Stranger in the Middle" and "Interposer attack".

Or maybe since some seem so tied to keeping the acronym, "Meddler in the Middle". This has the advantage of recognizing that it doesn't even have to be a person at all.