…which is why I qualified it with the phrase, “extreme interpretation of”, and made sure to encapsulate “Zero trust” in quotes to make it clear I wasn’t being technically literal in my description. Grammar and punctuation matter when you’re deliberately misusing a known term as a metaphor to make a point.

That being said, the core concept of ZTA is that no user or device should be trusted by default. So yes, my statement is still generally correct even if it’s not how the term is often or commonly used.