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How to deal with people who aren't tech savvy, and cause harm because of it?

2 pointsby ananiochitaover 2 years ago
A sample of things I have received from people by e-mail, by mistake -- sometimes by people I don&#x27;t even know.<p>- Someone&#x27;s complete passport in pdf.<p>- Someone&#x27;s complete contact list, with names, addresses, e-mails, phone numbers, employers, age. I&#x27;m sure all these people would be thrilled to know.<p>- Someone&#x27;s legal will, complete with lawyers&#x27; comments and bank account details.<p>And this is just a sample from e-mail mistakes.<p>Much is said of software vulnerabilities, malicious hacking, et al. But good grief, people can&#x27;t even use e-mail yet in 2022.

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gregjorover 2 years ago
Delete the documents and let the sender know they shouldn&#x27;t send stuff like that by email.<p>As for &quot;deal with,&quot; I don&#x27;t know what kind of answer you expect. You can only do so much to protect people from themselves. How to deal with people who can&#x27;t drive a car safely? Who can&#x27;t do their job? Who can&#x27;t organize a meeting to not waste everyone&#x27;s time? Sometimes you avoid them, sometimes you try to help, sometimes you just have to endure and remind yourself you can&#x27;t control or change everyone&#x27;s behavior.
Am4TIfIsER0pposover 2 years ago
You need to deal with the root societal cause: computers are too easy to use. So start advocating for them to be harder again. People won&#x27;t be sending you random documents if they can&#x27;t configure their modem.