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Recently I was helping someone in my life who'd gone through a stroke (not too old or tech-unsavvy) to learn a password manager and go through various websites'
by BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
Recently I was helping someone in my life who'd gone through a stroke (not too old or tech-unsavvy) to learn a password manager and go through various websites' password reset flows. It really forced me to confront the reality of what you described, i.e. that computing really has become an inscrutable, confusing mess where nothing makes sense and we've just come to accept it.
It used to feel like being "tech savvy" meant thinking logically as the system designers would have, but now I think it just means being conditioned through years of abuse into knowing the unwritten rules of how to skillfully outmaneuver bullshit interfaces and dark patterns.
- qiine 3y ago> how to skillfully outmaneuver bullshit interfaces and dark patterns. I hate how accurate this is, especially on mobile
- jeroenhd 3y agoThis is one of the reasons I'm putting my hopes into passkeys. The login flow couldn't be simpler. You could even give someone a physical key snd tell them that's what they use to log in, so they can keep their logins safe like they do their house key. You'll always need a password and some difficult second factor for your Apple/Google account, but when you've got that sorted, the rest becomes do much easier.