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I noted the ambiguity but initially assumed cryptography, based on the name "CipherTrace".

> I'd wager most people read it correctly.

That's unlikely. Before cryptocurrencies, "crypto" generally meant cryptography. The term "crypto" now refers to cryptocurrencies almost 100% of the time.

I didn't: "CipherTrace" definitely made me think this was cryptography related. Mastercard has some pretty large investments into cybersecurity because of their position on the global money market, so I thought this company would be about trying to break encryption or something similar.

I consider crypto to only refer to cryptocurrency in an informal, non-technical context, or in the middle of a paragraph talking about cryptocurrencies. On HN I kind of expect crypto to refer to cryptography with the amount of programming and computer science posts that get discussed here

this is HN where its a race to be as pedantic as possible

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