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The state of technology reporting in the mainstream press really makes me despair sometimes. The problem is that the mainstream press writes for mainstream use
by Johnny555 9y ago
The state of technology reporting in the mainstream press really makes me despair sometimes.
The problem is that the mainstream press writes for mainstream users, and the state of science/technology understanding in the general public is the real problem.
- oneeyedpigeon 9y agoI hear what you're saying, but I think — in this case — the article's just giving too much irrelevant information. I think most mainstream users I know would understand it if it were written something like: > A bug caused passwords to be written on an internal computer log, the blog said.
- danso 9y agoUnderstand what, exactly? I don't believe most users understand that passwords aren't necessarily stored in plaintext (on a system log, or in a database).
- stordoff 9y agoI'm not sure many users would understand the issue from just that - a perfectly reasonable (albeit inaccurate) reaction to that would be "Of course Twitter store my passwords - otherwise how can I log in?".