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I think the trust is a new thing though, new to the social media age. I remember growing up with computers in the 90's and people I knew wouldn't even consider
by jclardy 9y ago
I think the trust is a new thing though, new to the social media age. I remember growing up with computers in the 90's and people I knew wouldn't even consider entering a credit card number on a website. Now we give them freely. People used anonymous handles on AIM. At some point this changed and people decided they could be themselves on the internet, which is a fine idea, but the trust just went too far.
- wuliwong 9y agoAnd I believe Facebook was largely the site that got people comfortable using their real names and personas online.
- epalm 9y agoThis was visible when using credit cards in stores, too. 1990s: your signature needs to match exactly so we know it's really you! 2000s: you must enter a PIN that hopefully only you know? 2010s: fuck it just tap the card near the reader
- lerpa 9y agoExactly. Another example is applications "phoning home" (desltop applications sending information back to the server) that not that much ago was considered a serious abuse. And people on forums would lambast you when you asked how to implement something like that. Now it's called telemetry and is the norm.
- distances 9y agoIndeed, I remember the backslash ZoneAlarm got for this. Lots of people changed to another firewall as a consequence.