alt Hacker NewsFollowing this logic, shouldn't we just ban smart phones for everyone then? If we need to dumb down all technology to the absolute lowest level, we should probably ban computers or at least require an official government-controlled license to get access to one. Is this a world you want to live in? Me neither.
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wartywhoa23 • today at 2:43 PM
Me personaly, I'm so fed up with these advocates of security-through-universal-presumption-of-imbecility!..
froggit • today at 2:56 PM
> ban computers or at least require an official government-controlled license to get access to one
People seem to be ok with needing a license to operate a motor vehicle and those are far less dangerous.
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I suspect this is in bad faith, but assuming not: how does that follow?
“Large numbers of people will uncritically follow sketchy instructions and get hacked” doesn’t in any way lead to “and therefore they cannot be trusted with devices”.
“People keep dying in auto accidents” doesn’t imply “ban cars” on the first order, it implies “seat belts and airbags”.