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> What steps did you take to make it simple enough for your family to care? I did the same thing as in the office - embarrassed or annoyed them (in a small way
by blowski 5y ago
> What steps did you take to make it simple enough for your family to care?
I did the same thing as in the office - embarrassed or annoyed them (in a small way) by using their lack of security. I changed desktop backgrounds, "stole" £20, sent emails with promises like "I'll wash your car" to people. I'd follow this up with a lecture on "if I can do this, imagine what some dodgy foreign hacker could do".
Constructively, I pay for the whole family's 1Password and Fastmail accounts. I am the admin. I'm patient and understanding when they do something wrong. And I limit the number of people I help to those I can really help.
We have a WhatsApp group where they can ask whether something is dodgy. They don't use it for chitchat, so anything that comes through, I treat urgently.
- arzmir 5y ago> We have a WhatsApp group where they can ask whether something is dodgy. They don't use it for chitchat, so anything that comes through, I treat urgently. I really like that idea.
- acwan93 5y agoUntil an older relative uses that same group for something completely unrelated.
- BrandoElFollito 5y agoThis actually happened to me and I gave up. I support them through every channel now and the family whatsapp chat is a messy, happy heap of everything.
- blowski 5y agoWe have a separate chat group for that. It doesn’t work perfectly but it does work well enough.
- ale42 5y agoConsidering the privacy issues related to Whatsapp handling of personal data (e.g. contact info sent to Meta servers, message metadata collection, etc.), why not using Signal, Matrix, or something alike? Or is it too difficult for them to use something else than Whatsapp?
- crowbahr 5y agoNot OP but they're likely using Whatsapp already. I'm a big believer in Signal (I have a monthly contribution set up) but Whatsapp is far more common for most people to use. I have convinced my older parents and siblings to all use Signal though, so I consider that a win.