From c28d22379eae430988ea0afe38c749e2b90f000b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Kingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:06:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Be a little gentler; call it a room finder rather than a
 cracker

---
 frontend/src/components/AppShell.tsx     |  2 +-
 frontend/src/components/CrackerPanel.tsx | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.tsx
index 9b1f5fb..bc34179 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.tsx
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function AppShell({
           <Suspense
             fallback={
               <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-full text-muted-foreground">
-                Loading cracker...
+                Loading channel finder...
               </div>
             }
           >
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CrackerPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/CrackerPanel.tsx
index 86fb2a9..d2caec4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CrackerPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CrackerPanel.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
       .catch((err) => {
         console.error('Failed to load wordlist:', err);
         toast.error('Failed to load wordlist', {
-          description: 'Cracking will not be available',
+          description: 'Channel finder will not be available',
         });
       });
   }, [visible, wordlistLoaded]);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
             }
           } catch (err) {
             console.error('Failed to create channel or decrypt historical:', err);
-            toast.error('Failed to save cracked channel', {
+            toast.error('Failed to save found channel', {
               description:
                 err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Channel discovered but could not be saved',
             });
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
         description:
           typeof window !== 'undefined' && !window.isSecureContext
             ? 'WebGPU requires HTTPS when not on localhost. Set up a certificate or configure your browser to treat this origin as secure.'
-            : 'Cracking requires Chrome 113+ or Edge 113+ with WebGPU support.',
+            : 'Channel finder requires Chrome 113+ or Edge 113+ with WebGPU support.',
       });
       return;
     }
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
           Pending: <span className="text-foreground font-medium">{pendingCount}</span>
         </span>
         <span className="text-muted-foreground">
-          Cracked: <span className="text-success font-medium">{crackedCount}</span>
+          Found: <span className="text-success font-medium">{crackedCount}</span>
         </span>
         <span className="text-muted-foreground">
           Failed: <span className="text-destructive font-medium">{failedCount}</span>
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
             aria-valuenow={Math.round(progress.percent)}
             aria-valuemin={0}
             aria-valuemax={100}
-            aria-label="Cracking progress"
+            aria-label="Channel finder progress"
           >
             <div
               className="h-full bg-primary transition-all duration-200"
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
               </ul>
             </div>
           ) : (
-            <p>Cracking requires Chrome 113+ or Edge 113+ with WebGPU support.</p>
+            <p>Channel finder requires Chrome 113+ or Edge 113+ with WebGPU support.</p>
           )}
         </div>
       )}
@@ -624,10 +624,10 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
         </div>
       )}
 
-      {/* Cracked channels list */}
+      {/* Found channels list */}
       {crackedChannels.length > 0 && (
         <div>
-          <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1">Cracked Channels:</div>
+          <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1">Found Channels:</div>
           <div className="space-y-1">
             {crackedChannels.map((channel, i) => (
               <div
@@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
         force payloads as they arrive, testing channel names up to the specified length to discover
         active channels on the local mesh (GroupText packets may not be hashtag messages; we have no
         way of knowing but try as if they are).
-        <strong> Retry failed at n+1</strong> will let the cracker return to the failed queue and
-        pick up messages it couldn't crack, attempting them at one longer length.
+        <strong> Retry failed at n+1</strong> will return to the failed queue and pick up messages
+        it couldn't find a key for, attempting them at one longer length.
         <strong> Try word pairs</strong> will also try every combination of two dictionary words
         concatenated together (e.g. "hello" + "world" = "#helloworld") after the single-word
         dictionary pass; this can substantially increase search time and also result in
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ export function CrackerPanel({
         <strong> Decrypt historical</strong> will run an async job on any channel name it finds to
         see if any historically captured packets will decrypt with that key.
         <strong> Turbo mode</strong> will push your GPU to the max (target dispatch time of 10s) and
-        may allow accelerated cracking and/or system instability.
+        may allow accelerated searching and/or system instability.
       </p>
     </div>
   );