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It isn't just an ignorance of tech, it is an ignorance to things in general. It would be like bringing a stranger into your house where you also have children.
by encryptluks2 5y ago
It isn't just an ignorance of tech, it is an ignorance to things in general. It would be like bringing a stranger into your house where you also have children. Ignorance with tech isn't just an issue with people being ignorant to technology, but overly naive and ignorant in general. Yes, they can claim ignorance but if you bring a stranger into your house and something happens to your child I don't think a judge is going to be all that sympathetic and say... oh, poor you, how could you have known that is a bad idea?!? If you want to enable that, then that is on you but it simply isn't based in reality where that would be a good idea. Buying tech and bringing it into your house that listens to you and is connected to the Internet, and then acting surprised to find out that they keep recordings is on the same level of ignorance. So, yes if you are the type to bring strangers into your house and are surprised when something bad happens, then I can see how you'd be sympathetic.
- piva00 5y agoYour analogy completely breaks down when you, again, fly past the empathetic and pragmatic part of "how things actually are" to "how I think things should be". Again, people aren't educated about the risks of bringing a tech item into their daily lives, you are taught since a kid to be aware and cautious of strangers. The ignorance is ingrained because our daily/life education hasn't caught up to the reality. Diminishing that reality to fit into your worldview filled with judgment helps nothing, doesn't help to educate anyone and doesn't help the issue at hand. You're basically soap-boxing, it's quite exhausting to be honest.