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Eh, your "not as dumb as you think" is unnecessarily hostile. Also, nobody except you was calling people dumb, it's some weird rhetoric. But I will say that I

Eh, your "not as dumb as you think" is unnecessarily hostile. Also, nobody except you was calling people dumb, it's some weird rhetoric. But I will say that I regularly help people including my parents who are tricked by those fake download-button ads. I'm not calling them dumb -- you were in your own premise. But that's one avenue for people to install malware on their computer. "Don't worry about it, people don't get tricked!" is just false.

freehunter 9y ago
>Also, nobody except you was calling people dumb In this thread, no. But that’s a very common prevailing theme, that normal users are “dumb” compared to techies. Ask any help desk technician or desktop support employee or the BOFH or really anyone who deals with end users. Chances are they’re gonna say end users are dumb. If anything, this persons attitude is refreshing, giving end users a bit more credit.