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Honestly kinda wild you can’t imagine this person, because when I was in my teens it was me. You don’t care about security or don’t understand the implications
by hisnameisjimmy 5y ago
Honestly kinda wild you can’t imagine this person, because when I was in my teens it was me.
You don’t care about security or don’t understand the implications, and why would you!? You’re having fun!
Fun is the deal. If you focus on the fun path you will jump right past any non fun, which is security.
Think about smart kids who get hurt. Were they capable of preventing the injury? Definitely. We’re they having fun? Absolutely. Fun wins every time.
- sofixa 5y agoAbsolutely! I distinctly remember when i was learning to develop with PHP, and i specifically chose the mysql over mysqli extension (it was at the time mysql was starting to get deprecated because it was vulnerable to SQL injections and what not) because "I don't care about security, it's just a blog I'm developing, nobody would even know it exists".
- shbooms 5y agoI still remember the day a young me discovered shodan.io for the first time. before that day, I had no idea just how quick and easy it was for strangers to scan the entirity of the internet and just naively assumed that there was no way anyone could find me or my devices amongst the vastness of the internet. needless to say that was a turning point for me and my security posture when it comes to anything internet-related.
- seba_dos1 5y agoI honestly still can't imagine it, and I was playing with this kind of stuff in my teens as well. Changing default passwords is part of early setup fun, and nothing spoils the fun as much as unwanted visitors in your network. I can imagine being distracted enough to actually forget about it, sure, but I can't imagine outright neglecting to do it because "fun".