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As Brit cyber-spies drop 'whitelist' and 'blacklist', tech boss says: If you’re thinking about getting in touch saying this is political correctness gone mad, don’t bother

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I find it hard to find anything particularly wrong here. Ignoring any racial overtones it is much clearer what is meant.

What I'm *less* in agreement with however is Master/Slave being replaced with Primary/Secondary. Master/Slave is unambiguous in that one is in control of the other. Primary/Secondary is not the same at all.

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