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That is outrageous tbh. I've no clue how it works tbf but anyone even adjacent to tech knows about it

But are you old enough to know what it stands (stood) for?

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Perl handling protocol? That's just a guess. As I recall it was a lot like perl, but I haven't written anything in it since... 2003 maybe?

Now he's telling us all about it!

Truly amazing what people will admit

I got a C in A-Level Computing and I've heard of PHP before, can I be cyber correspondent now?

Joe Tidy's next job could be in cyber

He's a journalist. He reports the news including quotes from experts. In the same way as most science is reported. Or most engineering is reported. Here is an article about structural faults in a bridge. I wonder if the article was written by a structural engineer?

He's a correspondent and it's his specific beat, and he's written a book about hacking. I'm shocked he'd not even heard of it before.

Why are you shocked? Are his articles about the vulnerability miles off the mark or something? I imagine you have reported on lots of things where you are able to report but you couldn't be an expert. It is how journalism works. I am confused why his honesty is upsetting people.