Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham
by wool_gather on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:05AM
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I don't know that their belief is a cultural problem, or at least one that's changeable.
The book "The Design of Everyday Things" has this idea that users of things fall into one of two broad groups:
a) users that want fine control and expertise, and are willing to sacrifice simplicity to get it
b) users that want simplicity, and are willing to sacrifice control to get it
I think that most issues of privacy and security boil down to the simple fact that most people are in group b (really, I think that's true of any issue you care to choose). They don't care, and they won't.
The cultural change that could make a difference is when the more secure, more privacy-positive options are also the easier and simpler choices.
The book "The Design of Everyday Things" has this idea that users of things fall into one of two broad groups:
a) users that want fine control and expertise, and are willing to sacrifice simplicity to get it b) users that want simplicity, and are willing to sacrifice control to get it
I think that most issues of privacy and security boil down to the simple fact that most people are in group b (really, I think that's true of any issue you care to choose). They don't care, and they won't.
The cultural change that could make a difference is when the more secure, more privacy-positive options are also the easier and simpler choices.