Comment by Zak
6 hours ago
I had hoped the average person would have a baseline understanding of how computers work by now. Baseline includes things like the difference between a web browser and a search engine, "the cloud" is someone else's computer, and encrypted means gone if you lose the password/key.
I am sad that this now appears unlikely. I suspect it may even be lower for people in their 20s today than a decade ago.
> Baseline includes things like the difference between a web browser and a search engine, "the cloud" is someone else's computer, and encrypted means gone if you lose the password/key.
One of these things is not like the other...
That's why I'm stressing the comparison to e.g. government documents: nothing in meatspace requires regular people to show anywhere near as much conscientiousness as handling encryption keys.
Or: many people probably know, in the abstract, that "encrypted means gone if you lose the key", much like many people know slipping up while working on a HV line will kill you. Doesn't mean we should require everyone to play with them.