Digital Hitlers and Information Nazis
August 28th 2011 16:44
It will happen this way. You will come to your computer late one evening. You will be tired and at first you will think: That's the problem. I'm tired. I have forgotten my password.
You will go through your little password recovery rituals. You will ask your significant other who is becoming increasingly irritated at having to be your memory bank. Or worse, you will ask your kids who will just look at you funny. In desperation you ask your dog. And hopped nobody noticed your doing that.
You will look for that little piece of paper that some security experts say you never have. The one with the password on it. Then you might look for that file on your desk top that will one day enable the first hacker who gets it to take over your life and empty out your bank account. You know the file that has every password you have ever had in it?
You will request a new password online. The next day you talk to technical support. At first they may seem helpful. But then their answers grow more and more vague until you get a message that says: Have you read the terms of your agreement?
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I regret to inform you that you are digitally dead.
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