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Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy
nonprofiteer writes "The New York Times claims that the hot new trend among teenagers in love is to share passwords to their email and Facebook accounts, as the ultimate form of trust. According to Pew, 33% of teens surveyed say they do this. One expert says the pressure to share passwords is akin to the pressure to have sex. Forbes says don't do it! 'There is something pure and romantic about the idea of sharing everything, and having no secrets from one another. But it's romantic the same way that Romeo and Juliet is romantic, in a tragic, horrible, everyone-is-miserable-and-dies-at-the-end kind of way.' Sam Biddle at Gizmodo writes about which passwords are okay to share (like Netflix), but says to stay away from handing over email or Facebook passwords. 'We all need whatever scraps of privacy we have left, and your email is just that.'"
You're just a jealous bitch, mom! You don't understand that Daniel and me are going to last FOREVER!! I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
XKCD covered this years ago http://xkcd.com/215/
My password is the same as my luggage combination.
"There ought to be limits to freedom." -George W. Bush
I'd much rather my kids be having sex than sharing passwords.
I can rest assured that my girlfriend will never remember my oft-used password "Soviet Russia Beowulf Netcraft Libraries of Congress"
At least you can change the password... pretty hard to return virginity.
No one ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke!
*facepalm* And this, my friend, is why so few people here admit to being female.
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
Ayn Rand
Sounds like that woman had a lot of issues. Hope everything worked out for her.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Teens do a lot of dumb stuff
Yeah but there is a difference between normal teen stuff like having unprotected sex and stuff that can cause serious harm in their later life like sharing passwords.
She probably didn't come here to be earnestly and pseudonymously white-knighted by desperate nerds either, but here you are anyway.
Why not? People certainly don't come here for the deep, unique, insightful commentary or the thoughtful and understanding replies. Sure, perhaps in Soviet Russia ... but not here, where all things exist in moderation. :-)
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
All he has to do is remember the ASCII code of your password.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
My gallantry is bigger.
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When I was a Teen, and I shared my Password as a form of intimacy I would have gotten a response at best "Your such a Nerd!" (Back then a Nerd wasn't good)
Yeah. Offering Sysop access to my dialup BBS never got me laid.
Godaddy is a scam and a ripoff.
My wife and I do this. I keep her passwords on a sheet of paper in the safe. She reads mine before going to bed every night (I believe she's on chapter 2, "Routers and Switches").
~/ssh slashdot.org ssh: connect to host slashdot.org port 22: too many beers
When I explain new staff about our security policies, I explain them not to give anybody their password. They say OK. Then I say "Not even to me." They start to look a bit worried. Then I say "Not even to the CEO" and then they get confused.
When I say "Not even to the IT guy who is repairing your PC" they are completely baffled and stare at me as if I am sore sort of drugs.
Mmm. Perhaps I must try it out and ask after a week or so if they don't give me the password they are fired. See if they give it or not.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Damnit, I was planning on watching Die Hard this weekend.
Now it looks like I don't have to.
Jerk.
we know we know everything.
Never let a lack of data get in the way of a good rant.
I tried explaining something like this to my girlfriend. I told her I wanted to PROOF she was the only one and because of my love for her I slept with other women. She did not agree and told here I went behind her back.
I then proposed to to take these women home and share the bed with the three BECAUSE I loved here and wanted her to see that proof and be part of it. That was also not an option.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't. I sure can't figure out what she wants from me.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
Don't you know that's the best way to get a virus?! You must practice safe hex in your relationship!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Yea, might have worked with the right guys.