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Because the names by themselves give you context about who's transmitting to who, who's trying to eavesdrop, and it's become a convention.
The convention isn't necessary, but it makes material easier to understand because of the convention
34 0 ReplyAlice: Point A
Bob: Point B
Eve: Eavesdropper
Mallory: Malicious Actor55 0 Reply41 0 ReplyDamn there really is an XKCD for everything
9 0 ReplyThen you got guys like Alan Turing who couldn't even talk about how they saved the world eavesdropping
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