Re:Ask HN: Is getting online still fun?
by gaius on Saturday November 10, 2018 @01:54AM
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The web in 1995 seemed magical. A whole new universe to explore.
The web in 2018, in fact for a few years, is actively hostile on every level. You so something as simple as view a document and someone will try to execute code on your computer, present you with a distorted view of reality for psychological manipulation for their own profit, sell you counterfeit goods, make a record of everything you do incase it can be used against you years later... This is not what we meant to build
The web in 2018, in fact for a few years, is actively hostile on every level. You so something as simple as view a document and someone will try to execute code on your computer, present you with a distorted view of reality for psychological manipulation for their own profit, sell you counterfeit goods, make a record of everything you do incase it can be used against you years later... This is not what we meant to build