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I'm not sure I want to google what SWIM stands for.


SWIM is "Someone Who Isn't Me". People use it instead of "I" as in "I committed the crime" becomes "SWIM committed the crime."

Presumably people really believe that this is some sort of legitimate infosec behavior. I like that it makes infosec important, but it might trick people into thinking infosec is as easy as just using an acronym.


A lot of people did it for fun.


"not me personally but a guy i know"




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