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People (both practitioners & researchers) have been using the terms "temporal" and "spatial" to refer to different classes of C++ vulnerabilities for at least 12+ years, back when I was actually writing exploits for a job. It is not new at all, and anyone in the field within the past 6-7 years and worth their salt will instantly recognize them.

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For whatever it's worth, I've been doing this stupid shit - writing C++, that is - for 25 years, and this is the first time I've heard this term. (This is a data point rather than a complaint. But for a fee, it can become a complaint if you would like.)

I meant security engineers/exploiters actually, but yeah, I can see how most working C++ programmers who aren't security specialists might not be as familiar with it.

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