Today, 15 years ago #OTD the person or group with the fictive name of “Satoshi Nakamoto” created the first cryptocurrency named Bitcoin with the thought of it becoming a secure and fast alternative to fiat currency.
Now it's known as the most wasteful use of electricity, inefficient and limiting capability/functionality, as well as being among the most insecure and de-anonymizing ways to transfer money.
However, what Satoshi Nakamoto probably hasn't expected is how many scam-currencies would come after theirs, and how their invention would create a new breed of the most annoying people known to our species: crypto-bros.
Bitcoin's liquidity is nonexistant and it's value is solely based upon rich assholes hoarding it and #TechIlliterates buying it for more than it's worth, which should be 0!
@MattHatton AD means ActiveDirectory, cuz I assume it's some Windows-Centric IT.
Needless to say #Android makes a lot of sense since it's designed with #TechIlliterates in mind, even if that may feel insulting to anyone who is used to being like in control of their workflows.
The Associated Press just served me an ad for fake anti-virus. The entire page was taken over, and forwarded to the malicious site, within seconds of opening the news article, every time.
An ad blocker isn't just something to hide some annoying eyesores, it's a vital layer of security.
If you have friends or family who might fall for fake AV or "windows technical the department" scams, they need an ad blocker. No site they visit can be considered "safe" unless it simply doesn't have ads.
@hllizi@thunderbird Again: It's so trivial I could give #TechIlliterates a rundown on how to setup that shit in like 5 mins like 15 years ago and back then you'd had to configire basically everything by hand.
Whereas nowadays it's even simpler...
In fact, I encourage you to teach others by doing a #CryptoParty...
At least ComputerBILD does include a glossary for all the #TechIlliterates but they could've gotten that by reading the first paragraph of a #Wikipedia article instead of paying for some shitty ad-laced magazine...
And in fact I think that if people had to pay for that #Govware and weren't forced to pay a #MicrosoftTax aka. #OEM's margins for a #Preinstall they would not even think about using #Linux instead.
I'd rather help people and migrate their files for a small fee once than exploit #TechIlliterates that bought a dysfunctional crapware on a semiannual basis because Windows constantly breaks shite!
@pallenberg Ja, ich verstehe nicht wie Leute immernoch aiuf diesen Blödsinn reinfallen...
Aber okay, die meisten #TechIlliterates und damit auch #NSAbook - nutzer*innen wissen nichtmals den Unterschied zuwschen Computer, Router, Modem, Internet und Google...
Really proud of Signal, of this piece, and so happy to help lead an organization willing to be honest about what others hide: the incredible cost of developing consumer tech, and why it’s so hard (but rewarding!) to build tech that doesn’t rely on monetizing surveillance.
Today I learned it was a developer and not a groupie or random troll who was trolling me. 😂
I used Etcher, Fedora writer, Rufus, and Ventoy for a year and cloud not boot their ISO. -They got got defensive when I pointed this out.
When I tried to be helpful and report the issue with their website, they got defensive. I was instructed not to use an ad blocker and to use a Chromium browser, not Firefox.
I naturally assumed, incorrectly, that it was a troll and blocked them. - Some developer. 😂
Also only reported bugs can be worked on, so I do encourage even "#TechIlliterates" to send error reports in @ubuntu because those will get acutally worked on and silently patched over time...
@cryptoparty@kubikpixel Consider me a Benevolent Dictator, but forcibly migrating #TechIlliterates was the best thing I've done for my own mental health, and the only thing I could've done better is making the switch to Linux 5 years earlier.
99% less downtime
95% less support request
90% less support hours needed
75% less backups needed
@babe But keep telling that lie to yourself long enough and you may start believing it yourself.
I worked long enough in #Shitjobs in #tech to be sick of #TechIlliterates and I'm glad that those customers/employers I work for do take shit seriously!
@uma M8 I did mailservers on OpenBSD myself, don't even try to 'splain me.
Compared to like even the shittiest #Desktop#Linux 10 years ago, 'BSD's have a long way to go before they can be considered "ready" for everyday use for #TechIlliterates...
@ljrk@lexd0g Again: Think of me what you will, but if I were wrong we'd not have this conversation because I'd not be able to reply.
And yes, if we can't trust people to store their passwords correctly, why should we trust them to do so with passkeys?
Like when it's trivial to cookie-steal shit and/or RAT people then the problem ain't passwords or passkeys but #TechIlliterates clicking every shit, using #Govware that is trivial to lace with #malware and lack of proper #2FA being setup.