2 ms·
I agree. Manufacturers want people to believe that their products are as safe as possible, we tech users know what it takes. The fact that "normal" users are un
by flr03 7y ago
I agree. Manufacturers want people to believe that their products are as safe as possible, we tech users know what it takes. The fact that "normal" users are unaware of the risks and not guided into securing their system is onto the manufacturer.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMost manufacturers don't care, because they know that a) users aren't able to tell what's secure, and b) they face zero consequences. As a tech user, I know that if an IoT device routes data through vendor's cloud, it's unsafe, period. As evidenced by breach after breach after breach after breach.
- freeflight 7y agoHow about us tech users, that "know what it takes" do actually communicate that it takes something like 2FA to properly secure an account? Instead, we are here looking for ways how Google could fix people's tendency to opt-out of additional security. Because contrary to your claim, most bigger online services these days absolutely do guide and nudge their users into setting up 2FA, because adding a legit phone number to an account makes that account data that much more valuable for selling ads [0]. [0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/08/twitter-admits-it-used-two-factor-phone-numbers-and-emails-for-targeted-advertising/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/08/twitter-admits-it-used-two...