Comment Devil's Advocate (Score 1) 479
I almost feel ashamed for doing this, but I would like to take a moment to direct your attention to a parallel that has been bothering me as I was reading the replies to this topic.
Humour me, with all this talk of security and user stupidity I cannot help but notice the staggering similarity to current world politics (so U.S. politics essentially, right? ...sucks to be at the centre of attention eh?). I am not from the US but I am sure I may end up working/living there at one point in my life so I take it at heart when I see your public freedoms taken away from you right under your nose. Ironically, it seems, everyone on this website has noticed this is happening, yet as soon as the same topic reaches technology I see a distinct and opposite view on something that is extremely similar.
Humour me, read my post a little further:
Let's take Microsoft and compare it to the U.S. government, and let's take the PC users anc compare them to the citizens of the U.S.
Now, everyone here seems to be against the U.S. government taking away freedoms from the citizens because they are taking away freedoms in order to ensure security. Yet, we all seem to have no problem taking away a user's ability to do something in the name of security.
My question to you is, why is it that you defend so dearly your freedoms as a citizen but are willing to take away all rights of your users?
I fear that the problem at heart is that a lot of people here have a superiority complex. When we talk about operating systems, you are essentially the government (most of you sysadmins out there are literally gods, can do whatever you want with your users's rights). But when you get out in the real world you are under the U.S. government and all of a sudden you are no longer in control.
Frankly, this dichotomy is kind of hypocritical. If we put these two topics on the same table however, I feel that the solution is true for both. Better Education!
Humour me, with all this talk of security and user stupidity I cannot help but notice the staggering similarity to current world politics (so U.S. politics essentially, right?
Humour me, read my post a little further:
Let's take Microsoft and compare it to the U.S. government, and let's take the PC users anc compare them to the citizens of the U.S.
Now, everyone here seems to be against the U.S. government taking away freedoms from the citizens because they are taking away freedoms in order to ensure security. Yet, we all seem to have no problem taking away a user's ability to do something in the name of security.
My question to you is, why is it that you defend so dearly your freedoms as a citizen but are willing to take away all rights of your users?
I fear that the problem at heart is that a lot of people here have a superiority complex. When we talk about operating systems, you are essentially the government (most of you sysadmins out there are literally gods, can do whatever you want with your users's rights). But when you get out in the real world you are under the U.S. government and all of a sudden you are no longer in control.
Frankly, this dichotomy is kind of hypocritical. If we put these two topics on the same table however, I feel that the solution is true for both. Better Education!
