From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:   
      
   >> Amen! Quite an efficiency hack! =D Another "security" hack I have   
   implemented   
   >> for my father is that I have forbidden him from getting government digital   
   ID on   
   >> his smart phone. This is very funny, because once scammers called him and   
   told   
   >> some kind of story that ended with them asking him to confirm what ever they   
   >> wanted by opening the digital ID app (this is how most old people get   
   scammed   
   >> where I live) and he told them that he doesn't have it, due to security   
   >> reasons...   
   >>   
   >> ... the scammers sighed heavily and just hung up. =D   
   >   
   > Lol.  If that's not a super inconvenience to your father, then I think   
   > it's a great solution.  Over here these scams are quite a problem too.   
      
   At the moment, everything essential in society has to be able to be done on   
   paper, so it really is not a problem, and costs about 20-40 minutes per year in   
   extra writing on actual paper.   
      
   This scares me though! I fear the day when a smartphone is mandatory in order   
   to   
   participate in society. This will be a sad day indeed. Add to that, centralbank   
   managed electronic currencies, that can be clawed back from you, or where you   
   are blocked from spending them in an instant, if you go against the government,   
   and we have a very dystopian situation indeed. =/   
      
   > I also do talk to my father quite a lot about such matters.  And   
   > anything suspicious at all, he always talks to me.  In fact, I've talked   
   > to my entire family about such things.  To always let one another know   
   > about these events---to talk often among us.  We learn more and so we   
   > protect ourselves more.   
      
   This is good advice! My father and I, and my wife, talk about these things, but   
   we never formalized it, so that we say that we should talk to each other in   
   case   
   anyone does get a weird message.   
      
   I read that in order to protect against voice cloning, you should decide on a   
   family password as well. This we also haven't done. But I am currently working   
   on a small IT-security curriculum for retired people, and that class will   
   include an example of voice cloning to show them how it works, and what they   
   can   
   expect.   
      
   > The reason we can be so good at handling this computing world is because   
   > we are pretty much obsessed about it; we spend the entire day thinking   
   > about it; reading about it; writing about it.  By talking more with our   
   > families about these matters, they do learn more from us.  Of course, we   
   > can't expect they'll be coworkers.  We need to take things very slowly   
   > and only as much as they can handle it.  Then it becomes kind of fun for   
   > them too and then they learn a bunch.   
      
   This is true. But this also requires some amount of simplification in order for   
   it not to become an energy drain. That is why I like my way of limiting   
   communication to phone and email. It only leaves two doors open which is easier   
   to defend than 3 or 4 or 5 doors open. ;)   
      
   >>>> So I find this to be a hueg benefit! I am also lucky because I run my   
   >>>> own company, so my business partners know that if they want to reach   
   >>>> me, they have 2 options, email or phone, and all of them accept that.   
   >>>   
   >>> Nice to hear you run your own business.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, it is the best thing that has ever happened to me except for my wife.   
   I am   
   >> truly blessed and am very thankful for it every single day. =)   
   >   
   > Nice to hear that your wife is the best thing that ever happened to you.   
   > I unfortunately can't yet say the same.  I'm single, although I'd love   
   > to have little kids running around and through the house. :)  But first   
   > I gotta find someone who I love and who loves me.   
      
   In my experience, as long as you are living a positive life, and don't get   
   caught in depression, and caught by unreasonable aesthetic standards, this will   
   happen in time.   
      
   As for children, no such thing for me, since biologically I have an extremely   
   low chance of having children. On the other hand, my parents got the same   
   diagnosis from the doctor, and they had me, and the doctor said it was not   
   possible according to science, so who knows? ;)   
      
   > Congratulations!  I think you've nailed it.   
   >   
   > And it's interesting that I've found you here to be one of the most   
   > upbeat ones around here.  And I guess this explains something.  You seem   
   > to have a healthy life.  Well done!   
      
   Well... I can have my days too! ;)   
      
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