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Study Suggests Natural Intelligence Affects Computer Skills More Than Training.
New research indicates a person's innate intelligence may influence their computer proficiency more than previously thought. The findings suggest that practice alone may not be enough for some to become comfortable with technology.
The study challenges assumptions about training and highlights the role of cognitive ability in tech literacy.
What do you think—does natural aptitude outweigh training when it comes to mastering computers?
Batteries marketed with "mAh" is one of the biggest ongoing consumer electronics cons.
#marketing #techliteracy #consumerelectronics
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@ai6yr @briankrebs OFC this targets #TechIlliterates and the only effective means here are:
- Teach #TechLiteracy instead of consumerism.
- Mandate #confirmation & #notification - #PopUp|s for every use of #Clipboard (similar to #webcam use by websites)...
- Ban #JavaScript - seriously!
- Ban #Windows, because it's a #Govware, espechally since #Windows10 and even more so on #Windows11 that is *insecure in every configuration!
- Put #TechIlliterates before a system they can't feck up. I.e. @tails_live @tails / #Tails for that reason alone (can't run such commands if they neither got #root nor any #persistent #storage to target).
- Normalize the use of @torproject #TorBrowser!
- #Teach #tech #literacy instead of #consumerism!
- Ban #GAFAMs and their shitty products!
- Migrate every #TechIlliterate to #Linux and don't give them administrative privilegues.
- Teach tech literacy instead of consumerism!
That feeling, when you finally get rid of...
Google 
Microsoft
FB/Insta/Whatsapp
Twitter 
Spotify
Adobe
GIF
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@rysiek @agturcz that's not how you fix #TechIlliteracy, espechally since things changed for the better.
@monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim / #gajim are quite easy, whereas @signalapp / #Signal demands #PII in the form of a #Phone number which is more often than not not legally obtainable without "#KYC" aka. "forced #SelfDoxxing" all whilst being an extremely #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider solution that falls under #CloudAct ant thus cannot adhere to #GDPR & #BDSG!
- Sorry, but "#TechPopulism" alike
"JuSt UsE sIgNaL !"won't fix #TechIlliteracy but rather provide false sense of security to #TechIlliterates when the correct solution is to teach proper #TechLiteracy like @cryptoparty@chaos.social / @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth / #CryptoParty does...
Otherwise we'd only perpetuate the #Enshittification-#Lifecycle as has happened with #AIM, #ICQ, #BBM and so many more...
- Mark my words, cuz I've been proven correct up to this point.
If #Signal and @Mer__edith actually cared, they would've setup their system truly decentralized as an #OnionService over @torproject / #Tor!
Mastodon 🐘Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (@rysiek@mstdn.social)@kkarhan@infosec.space I ran and hosted a bunch of XMPP servers a while back. It was a pain to use, and it was easy for users to make mistakes and accidentally send messages in the clear.
You are making people les safe. Last time: please stop doing this in my mentions and replies.
@agturcz@circumstances.run @torproject@mastodon.social
Took my youngest through the data detox ( datadetoxkit.org ) + had a really thorough conversation about data, privacy, tech and so forth as a Christmas holiday activity.
Good news: the point was taken + understood
Bad news: my 12 yr old is literally the last kid out of 25 in the class to not have #Snapchat (technically only permitted for 13+ kids in Denmark)
It's surprising to me that so many parents have such a cavalier attitude to their kids on SoMe, but maybe not so surprising that they've never talked to kids at school about #privacy, #DataProtection and such like. Perhaps, most people just don't think about it? The focus, where they have had #TechLiteracy lessons, has tended to be on bullying, scams and grooming, which is maybe fair enough.
But they seem already at school to be locked into an idea of "the internet" that is controlled by US tech corporations + walled gardens, rather than really understanding what the net is.
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@wravoc @froge #TLDR: The lack of "#SecurityCulture" makes #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec shit.
- I constantly do my part to make these things better and not waste my time making up random accusations that some folks may consider libel, but I'm not a lawyer and I'll certainy not waste money affirming some rando on the internet.
But I guess yelling into the void of the #Fediverse is easier than running a @cryptoparty or teaching #TechLiteracy to #TechIlliterates so they don't end up as unpaid "unofficial employees" for #NSAbook...
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@samueljohn @ditol @linuzifer @tails_live @tails @thunderbird @monocles @Mer__edith @signalapp if your sample size is < 200 it's more anecdotal.
Maybe I just refuse to socialize with people who put convenience over safety...
Or maybe it's because I taught people how to use these things and set them up to the point that it just works!
Or maybe you just hangout with #TechIlliterates more than I ever did...
Whatever of these may be the case (can be more than 1 BTW), that just means there's more need than ever to #teach #TechLiteracy harder!
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@samueljohn@mastodon.world @ditol@freiburg.social @linuzifer@23.social @Mer__edith@mastodon.world @signalapp@mastodon.world @tails@mastodon.world
Well, how can you claim that doesn't work when you never tried it?
- Unlike you I did volunteer at a #CryptoParty and I do know that it is *in fact* easy to get people started with @tails_live@venera.social / @tails@fosstodon.org / #Tails, @thunderbird@mastodon.online / #Thunderbird and @torproject@mastodon.social / #TorBrowser...
Seriously, check for your local @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth or just start one.
- Good #Technology has become way easier to access and use these days...
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@EFA @themarkup OFC not.
- In fact, I blame #schools for this hamfisted approach, as the correct way to deal with kids doing unwanted stuff is having some serious talk, teching them proper #TechLiteracy and not using #Filtering garbage that has no legitimate reason to exist in the first place...
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@bojkotiMalbona @AAKL OFC this is a highly debateable poll in that the choice one takes depend on #TechLiteracy and personal assessment of the severity of it...
OFC #ClownFlare is also garbage and just plain evil, tho unlike #Microsoft they didn't have the option to sabotage competition and #FUD #FLOSS ...
It's pretty insane how #Telegram managed to convince much of the world that it's the gold-standard of messenger #security and #privacy with nothing more than "Trust me bro".
#encryption #TechLiteracy
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@GrapheneOS It doesn't change the fact that #security requires #transparency and thus full access & reproduceability from source.
To give you a good example, source-available #Tarsnap demonstrates that stuff is truly securely encrypted by enabling #SelfCustody of keys and thus show they can't decrypt anything!
- You may call me paranoid, but having 'massive trust issues' saved not only my own life more often than I'd be able to disclose so you may see this as a 'survivorship bias', but we'll only see #MassSurveillance becoming impossible when people ain't just users of some big-ass platform that can be easily targeted once it becomes inconvenient for it's host nation, but actually push for #decentralization and #TechLiteracy.
"Just use A, B, C & D, E, F" is the real threat as it sugfests people a false sense if security.
- Just like a dresh #TechInspection doesn't prevent one to hose an engine due to lack of oil!
Collecting any #PII IS the illicit activity NO MATTER the excuse...
- You may choose ignorance but like with #LavaBit, #EncroChat & #ANØM I tend to turn out to be right all along.
Sooner or later the #Enshittification of #Signal will reach a point where you'd rethink and consider apologizing...
GrapheneOS MastodonGrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)@kkarhan@infosec.space @h3artbl33d@exquisite.social @arikb@mastodon.sdf.org @tails@fosstodon.org @tails_live@venera.social
Please stop leaving replies to our threads with advice.
PGP and OTR are obsolete. You're giving people bad advice with a large number of comments on our threads. If you won't stop doing it yourself, we'll deal with it.
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I do blame #tech for failing to #educate the #users unless the #user is an ignorant asshole making up contradictory to the point of logical impossibility requirements and requeats...
#TechLiteracy should be taught in elementary schools these days and stuff should be way more #accessible...
It's just that we failed to prevent oligopolies like the #GAFAMs to take ownership and dictate shit for the most part.
That being said the status quo isn't an inevitability nor unfixable...
Hi. I'm Nikkiana.
I ask a lot of #questions so other people can find #answers to questions they don't know how to ask.
I have a background in #foss, #tech and #webdev, and I built my first website at age 13 in 1997. My expertise is in #css, #sass, and #frontendwebdev.
I am a #mixedmedia #artist interested in #collage, #NeurographicArt, and #musicproduction
I am particularly interested in the intersections of #art, #culture, #tech, #techliteracy, #music, #race, #mentalhealth, and #disability within #socialmedia.
I have two #cats named Izzy and Sally.
I read #tarot and #OracleCards. If you're interested in that, I use @nikkiana@witches.live for that content.
Available and interested in projects, interviews, and conversation.
Tips are welcome and appreciated so I can afford to continue to share my expertise freely, especially to others who would not otherwise be able to afford it. If you'd like to do that, there's a link in my bio.