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[edit] My comment below has nothing to do with error messages. Personally, I dream of the day when middle school kids laugh when a bank website doesn't requir
by utefan001 11y ago
[edit] My comment below has nothing to do with error messages.
Personally, I dream of the day when middle school kids laugh when a bank website doesn't require 2 factor authentication and understand how a brute force attack works.
Any child understands if you allow someone to try thousands of door keys to enter your house, eventually one key will work. Why hide that simple concept for computer logins?
- dozzie 11y agoBecause for many non-technical users, using a computer or anything computer-related automatically disables thinking. Using a computer boils often down to waving a magic chicken, performing a ritual, and then the computer does what it was istructed to. (Or not, and this is where people call support.) I actually saw this several times on myself with regard to something I knew I know nothing about, i.e. power tools. I avoided them like a plague, because I knew I don't know how to use any of them at all. I needed to be taught a little how to use power tools (mainly: how they cause accidents and harm).