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Do I really need to point out the "facebook login" incident again? A lot of people trust computers and assume they are magically correct. Example: THE DATABASE
by epochwolf 17y ago
Do I really need to point out the "facebook login" incident again?
A lot of people trust computers and assume they are magically correct. Example: THE DATABASE is magically and completely up to date in every detail. Just try getting incorrect information changed in a database some time. People trust computers way more than they should.
- zackattack 17y agoWhat was the "'facebook login' incident"?
- jmah 17y agoA ReadWriteWeb article started becoming the first result when Googling for "facebook login", and the comments were filled with confused people who think they're accordingly on (the "new") Facebook. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1119184 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1119184
- andyking 17y agoIn Britain, an advertising campaign for keeping your TV licence up to date carries the slogan: "It's all in the database". I don't own a TV, yet regularly get threatening letters from their "database" saying "we know you're watching TV" and "we said we'd call". Meh. (The government here seems to like this sort of thing. A recent long-running radio ad campaign went along the lines of "pay your car tax... you can't escape the computer". No, really.)