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My mom still thinks her computer will get a virus (all by itself) if she leaves it running when she's not around. Even with my explanations. So she shuts it off
by analogmemory 8y ago
My mom still thinks her computer will get a virus (all by itself) if she leaves it running when she's not around. Even with my explanations. So she shuts it off completely every time she's done. I can imagine her running a cyber security company and telling her employees to shut down the servers when they leave for the night ;)
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y agoI guess that if her computer does end up being part of a botnet she would at least be mitigating damage by doing that :)
- analogmemory 8y agoYeah it's why I stopped trying to convince her otherwise. At most an attacker would have 60 minutes a day to do something :P
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAnd one of the reasons no one competent will allow her to run a cyber security company is that she disregards the advice of people more knowledgeable than she is, not because she doesn't have a deep knowledge of how computers work.