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by privong·5y ago·view on hn ↗
> We should make a GPT-based generator of USA secret codenames ;)

I'd read somewhere (can't remember where, unfortunately) that program code names were randomly generated by selecting words from two lists. The idea is that, if (accidentally) revealed, the name wouldn't provide any information about the program's function. The thing I read said people would often re-query the generator until they got a name that they liked.

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Likely the British Military research projects.

>Each rainbow code name was constructed from a randomly selected colour, plus an (often appropriate) noun taken from a list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rainbow_Codes

> Likely the British Military research projects.

Sounds similar, but whatever I had read was about the US intelligence community. Perhaps it was Edward Snowden's book.