I just noticed this GMail UI change, might have been around a while.. but educating the average user about the difference between Spam and Phishing seems like.. a lot? Must be a huge problem to put it at the forefront like this: 🪝
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Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 06:53:55 JST Jeff Atwood -
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Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 06:53:53 JST Eugen Rochko @codinghorror I wish we could have higher expectations of the average user.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:02:43 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @Gargron @codinghorror if we IT people do our jobs right the average user shouldn’t have to think about these things
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Moritz Gießmann (moritzgiessmann@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:22:49 JST Moritz Gießmann @Gargron @codinghorror that’s why the Mastodon UX is like it is.
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Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:39:52 JST Eugen Rochko @thomasfuchs @codinghorror I think media literacy is important and people would benefit from thinking about what they see online instead of relying on technology to do it for them.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:41:40 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @Gargron @codinghorror Yes, they would, however building inherently safe systems and media literacy aren’t mutually exclusive
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Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 07:45:26 JST Eugen Rochko @thomasfuchs @codinghorror Am I permitted to lament that no media literacy can in fact be expected from the average user today?
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