{"id":19865,"date":"2016-08-04T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19865"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:21:00","slug":"tec-savvy-divvies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=19865","title":{"rendered":"Tec-savvy Divvies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The media loves to redefine the meanings of words and phrases. For example, the term \u201ctech-savvy\u201d used to mean the person to whom it was applied had an in-depth knowledge of the technology in question. These days, it just applies to anyone who can turn their mobile phone off and then on again without breaking it.\"Hey,<\/a><\/p>\n

This BBC story reports that nearly a quarter of net fraud victims in the UK last year<\/a> were \u201ctech-savvy mobile and social media users\u201d. Erm, how does being a \u201cmobile user\u201d make you tech-savvy? A typical mobile user is likely to be someone who gets stuck in a cave or is arrested after stealing a boat because they were desperate to catch Pidgey or Vulpix in the middle of the night. And you only need one look at a typical Facebook user\u2019s page to realise how wide the gulf between \u201cstupid\u201d and \u201csavvy\u201d really is, pretty much binning the concept of a \u201csocial media user\u201d being savvy about anything, let alone technology.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also funny how the media deems that someone who plasters their entire life across LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, and who uses passwords that are the names of their boyfriends, girlfriends, or pets is somehow savvy when it comes to technology.<\/p>\n

The article says:<\/p>\n

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\u2026Be wary of publishing any identifying information about yourself – either in your profile or in your posts – such as phone numbers, pictures of your home, workplace or school, your address or birthday<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve been using the Internet since the early 90s \u2013 not long after the first dial-up services became available, in fact. In all that time, I have not used my real name or identity in any context other than through e-commerce sites. I use pseudonyms and false personas everywhere else. I have not uploaded a single photo of me, ever. All my passwords are strong, with many being randomly generated and very long. I use hardware and software firewalls (personally, and on this blog), strong antivirus software, and I never click on email attachments unless I have manually scanned them first. And I build and repair PCs and other electronic gadgetry as the need arises.<\/p>\n

So I consider it a bit offensive to be lumped in with the kind of people referred to by this comment:<\/p>\n

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Cifas said Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn had become a “hunting ground” for identity thieves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You see, that\u2019s the issue. This \u201cnet fraud\u201d basically refers to hacked social media accounts or people with social media accounts who are simply too stupid to hide their identity, choosing instead to reveal secrets of such intimacy they span the entire range running from latest STD caught in a casual liaison, through date of next boob job and collagen lip injections, to bank account details including card PIN. And these are the ones who are apparently \u201ctech-savvy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Being able to sign into Facebook doesn\u2019t make you a techie. \u201cCreating\u201d a Facebook page doesn\u2019t make you a techie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The media loves to redefine the meanings of words and phrases. For example, the term \u201ctech-savvy\u201d used to mean the person to whom it was applied had an in-depth knowledge of the technology in question. These days, it just applies to anyone who can turn their mobile phone off and then on again without breaking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[90,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-tech-related","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}