> they didn't have antibiotics, anesthesia or life-saving surgeries. They didn't have access to a grocery store a short drive away, or a fire department.
They wouldn't even dream about these things, so they weren't unhappy because of it.
You can't feel like you need something if it doesn't exist (in your era at least).
Today we still don't have casual space travel, time travel, the elixir of life or the wonder drug, but it's not the lack of these things that is making us unhappy.
Maybe to _you_, don’t assume other people are the same way.
Along my whole career path (I’m a senior now) I’ve always been curious about the high-level technical stuff and took every opportunity to listen to knowledgeable people.
I think there’s a term for it: incidental knowledge transfer.
You might be stripping that person of the opportunity to grow, or maybe just to hear about something interesting for them to follow up on later.
I think they probably mean that this switch is software-based, so turning it on does not physically disconnect the underlying hardware.
I doubt there is any proof that some kind of system activity is still taking place while in airplane mode, but that might be irrelevant.
For some people, depending on their threat model and personal preference, what's important is that it's impossible to prove beyond any doubt that this is _not_ the case.
That is a fair point, indeed this would probably make the configuration page extremely complex.
I guess my suggestion would only work for cases where you don’t really care much about other kinds of notifications.
100% agreed, therefore, we should keep emotions out of it.
> People going there... could complain. Or take no sugar. Or choose a different coffee shop. Honestly, it's up to them. It's pretty reasonable to feel a bit upset though, I think, in that situation.
Exactly, they can just leave, pick an alternative. Why do they take to social media and cry about it? What do they expect to gain this way?
> You have costs to cover? Well, I'm sure you'll figure something out. You'll probably lose some customers and gain some others. Maybe it'll work out; maybe it won't.
Indeed they have just figured it out - they started charging for sugar. They will lose customers, most likely, but I don't believe they haven't seen that. I'd wager that it's the customers who got caught by surprise, and our now making a big deal out of it.
In short, I agree that we shouldn't have any sympathy for the companies in this case - it's just that I'd extend that to the users as well.
That is also true for every password-based account without 2FA by means of password reset.
Plus, having someone access your email account means you're pwned anyway - they can see your sensitive documents that were received / sent as attachments, they can read recent conversations and phish information, maybe even ask for a downpayment, etc.
So the basic rule should be: don't lose access to your email.
That doesn't mean that email-based login is good, just that IMO this point is kind of moot.
There is a concept called Bitcoin maximalism that means, in my understanding, that the whole world would switch to BTC so that the exchange rates to other currencies wouldn’t matter anymore.
It’s easy to get paid in BTC if you land a crypto job, but it’s the groceries part that I can’t really imagine yet.
Not sure how it works in the US, but in my country the inflation-indexed bonds are still subject to the capital gains tax, so they offer a true hedge only up to a certain level.
Obviously still better than regular bonds in this regard.
> and never use your passwords on the phone you are using as 2FA
Notably, this also involves not logging into the same email account that you use for signups - it would allow the attacker to bypass the password manager completely by requesting a password reset.
I guess you could solve this by having one email address for signups and another to communicate with people, but you would still be giving up email notifications (such as “your order has been shipped”) delivered to your phone.
Hmm you’re right, I didn’t think of the scenario when they would give you the machine back in a tampered state.
I was gonna reply “well just wipe it once you get it back” but that assumes that I know it happened, so I’m still susceptible to the evil maid attack and such.
If your 2FA is not stored on the same machine then the attacker won’t be able to log into your bank / brokerage account, and that’s something I consider the main thing to worry about.
They wouldn't even dream about these things, so they weren't unhappy because of it.
You can't feel like you need something if it doesn't exist (in your era at least).
Today we still don't have casual space travel, time travel, the elixir of life or the wonder drug, but it's not the lack of these things that is making us unhappy.