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Sybil attack - June 7, 2024

It's sitting there right in the
middle of this computer thing,
the words "Sybil attack".

I can think of many
possible valid definitions
for this term.

Perhaps it means the
exploitation of a disabled
woman by her caretakers

Maybe it could be lying
about a woman, twisting her
story for years

Or it might be using
a woman as a platform
to attack others for decades

Perhaps it's turning
her very existence into
something to be debated

Maybe it's revealing her
to the world when she really
wanted to be left alone

It might be taking one mistold
story as if it were everyone's
and should be

Wikipedia says that a Sybil attack
is a type of attack where an attacker
subverts a system with multiple identities

I misunderstood - a Sybil attack
is not how she was attacked
but another attack on her

It took seconds for the writer
to come up with but it will take me
a lifetime to wonder

How long is too long
for society to
abuse a woman?

When have we
abused a woman
enough?

- Wanda

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