@amras@town.friendmaterial.lgbt
2026-07-23 13:12 UTC
Replies (4)
-
@jana@social.jsteuernagel.de 2026-07-23 13:22
@amras@town.friendmaterial.lgbt Shit is already complex as heck and we'd do well if we would actively try to keep things simpler.
-
@Kehvarl@furry.engineer 2026-07-24 03:57
@amras@town.friendmaterial.lgbt I wish that the barrier to entry for getting users to use password managers was lower. I also wish people would not close error messages before telling me something went wrong. Sometimes those _do_ help.
-
@suetanvil@freeradical.zone 2026-07-24 13:43
@amras@town.friendmaterial.lgbt Tech nerd here: 1. Computers are not easy to use. The Windows/Mac/smartphone model of "user-friendly" only works because it dramatically limits what you can do with one. Most UX is about making software easy to use *without first learning anything*. 2. Reading a technical manual in a way that gives you useful information is an invisible skill that most tech people don't realize they have. Someone smarter than me needs to write down how to learn that. (ctd)
-
@Ussjoin@cloudisland.nz 2026-07-24 17:21
@amras@town.friendmaterial.lgbt I work in security, having spent my adolescence in tech support (I hate mowing lawns, it was a way to do pocket money) and started my adult career in software engineering. I wish people understood the concept of threat modeling—that “the Mosaad” isn’t a threat to most people, and that if it is, extremely special training and behavior is required, so instead focus on using password managers and HTTPS. https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf is a great, short, very funny paper on this. Related: I’d be happy to help provide human-focused security advice as part of your set of tech advice, in whatever form it arises, if that would be of assistance.