John: "whitelist" is now apparently considered racist and it's being grepped with "allowlist"
Jane: lol that's cringe
Jane: lol that's cringe
by Dorumin March 16, 2021
An allowlist is a directory of specific elements that are allowed, e.g. email addresses, IP addresses or URLs etc.
An allowlist has the same meaning as a whitelist in computer and tech industry.
An allowlist has the same meaning as a whitelist in computer and tech industry.
Allowlist like block list are much more intuitive and descriptive than whitelist and blacklist and don't have subliminal racist associations- blacklist = block and whitelist = allow.
by mlhiss July 8, 2020