> In the 1990s/2000s I can recall the "experts" advising against leaving computers connected to the internet when not in use. Today, "tech" companies try to com

> In the 1990s/2000s I can recall the "experts" advising against leaving computers connected to the internet when not in use. Today, "tech" companies try to compel people to leave their computers connected 24/7. There is a lot of wisdom we've thrown away from those days. Software phoning home was viewed as malicious and there were lists of applications that did it to shame companies and warn others to stay away. Pretty much every OS and major application today would rightly have been considered Spyware. If we'd kept "Never use your real name/info on the internet" the world would be a better place. The rule allowed for E-commerce so we'd still have amazon, but facebook and all its problems wouldn't exist. Pop-ups were considered evil, and we fought to stamp them out but today the same annoyance is commonplace and accepted, they just show up as modal windows and cookie banner notices.