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0 pointsuserbinator4y ago0 comments

It's the general trend of paternalism, and I find it deeply irritating too.

0 pointsuserbinator4y ago0 comments

It's the general trend of paternalism, and I find it deeply irritating too.

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imwillofficial4y ago· 5 in thread

Your irritation at something trivial vs the hours spent recovering from and defending from attacks is a balance I’m ok with.

FeepingCreature4y ago

"Let's irritate everyone by denying them making their own choices so we can be protected from the mistakes of stupid people" is pretty much the definition of paternalism.

ziml774y ago

No one is stopping you from making your own choices. In fact, by not giving you a default password, they're making one less choice on your behalf.

youngNed4y ago

"Let's irritate everyone by denying them making their own choices"

thats an incredibly strange take, like that is literally the complete opposite of what is happening

imwillofficial4y ago

Judging from the comments here, and the law passing, not only is everyone not annoyed, you are in the minority.

grnmamba4y ago

    echo 'pi:raspberry' | chpasswd

There you go. Secure defaults matter.

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