Older Means Wiser To Computer Security

An anonymous reader writes "Growing up in the digital age, 18 – 25s may appear to be a more tech-savvy generation, but that does not translate into safer computing and online practices. A new study reveals that they are the most at-risk group, and prone to cyber-attacks. That makes this group even more vulnerable to online security threats. Younger users tend to prioritize entertainment and community over security, perhaps due to overconfidence in their security knowledge. For example, they're more concerned about gaming or other social activities than their online security. They also have less sophisticated security software, and hence, have reported more security problems than other groups."

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Re:Still true, as it always has been

[lightknight]

You found out that despite reason and logic's many virtues, some people will purposefully blind themselves to them, if only to win an argument; that even though you may be correct, and the other person wrong, the other person will deny the correctness of your position if only to deny you hearing them say you are correct? That some people think that yelling, screaming, and violence are valid substitutes for leadership? That corruption is institutionalized, and couldn't be wiped out even if humanity were reduced to a handful of individuals? That you have more to fear from family that your enemies? That although a single word may be held to have the same meaning by all people, the emotional connotations associated with it alter its understanding in intangible ways? That you may spend more of your time defending your rights and asking others to keep their promises than you will planning a better world / understanding this one? That at the end of the day, your problems stem not from within, but from without? That you will spend more time combating caricatures of the points you are trying to make, in other's heads, than you are comfortable admitting?

And at age 180, you will only begin to understand what any of this means.