Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange...
by colejohnson66 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:40PM
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That’s a very dismissive attitude. If you want to make the world a better place, you have to accommodate the average user; One can’t say, “you’re not smart enough for our service.”
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Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange...
by jliptzin on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @12:00AM
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If you’re serious about the security of your data, you
need to know how to pick a password you will remember. There are things in this world that we ask of average people that are far more difficult. In 2020, picking and remembering a password should be table stakes at this point. It’s not 1997 anymore.
Re:Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strange...
by colejohnson66 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:54AM
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The key word there is “if.” Most people don’t care about the security because they’re unaware of the risks involved. Stories like this blow over in a week or two.
Most people don’t want to lose their stuff because they forget a password. That’s why unencrypted data and password resets are a thing.
What we as tech people should be doing is educating and helping those people. Set your family up with a NAS for local backup and have it mirror to, say, Backblaze. Set your parents/grandparents up with a password manager. Etc.