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[smittims]

If it's bad for sceptics like us., how much worse are the many gullible people being deluded who believe everything they see on the screen?

I heard a discussion on Radio 4 with an entrepreneur who had developled and marketed a new product. After initial success they found that unauthorised sites were hi-jacking their product, claiming to offer it cheaper,etc.

I know the internet is very useful. I've come to use it quite a lot. But I still believe it's a mixed blessing and eventually sowthing drastic will have to be done about it , after, of course, TV documentaries asking 'how did we allow it to happen?' .

[Old Grumpy]

If it's bad for sceptics like us., how much worse are the many gullible people being deluded who believe everything they see on the screen?

I heard a discussion on Radio 4 with an entrepreneur who had developled and marketed a new product. After initial success they found that unauthorised sites were hi-jacking their product, claiming to offer it cheaper,etc.

I know the internet is very useful. I've come to use it quite a lot. But I still believe it's a mixed blessing and eventually sowthing drastic will have to be done about it , after, of course, TV documentaries asking 'how did we allow it to happen?' .

Ah, but we've got to keep documentary makers (and for that matter PhD students) in business, haven't we?

[teamsaint]

If it's bad for sceptics like us., how much worse are the many gullible people being deluded who believe everything they see on the screen?

I heard a discussion on Radio 4 with an entrepreneur who had developled and marketed a new product. After initial success they found that unauthorised sites were hi-jacking their product, claiming to offer it cheaper,etc.

I know the internet is very useful. I've come to use it quite a lot. But I still believe it's a mixed blessing and eventually sowthing drastic will have to be done about it , after, of course, TV documentaries asking 'how did we allow it to happen?' .

Interesting. Governments are already “ doing something”. They may not, in the end be things we are happy with.
it is a jungle to be sure, as local ransomware attacks demonstrate all too well.

[smittims]

Having heard about 'deep-fakes' today, where someone can (for instance) attach a picture of your face onto a video to make it look as if you're committting some disgusting crime, I'm thinking technology has created a monster. The difficulty is that one doesn't know where in the world the perpetrators are, nor how to tackle them.

[Old Grumpy]

Very worrying indeed, though I presume the police have access to technology to determine whether digital images have been tampered with.

[LMcD]

If it's bad for sceptics like us., how much worse are the many gullible people being deluded who believe everything they see on the screen?

I heard a discussion on Radio 4 with an entrepreneur who had developled and marketed a new product. After initial success they found that unauthorised sites were hi-jacking their product, claiming to offer it cheaper,etc.

I know the internet is very useful. I've come to use it quite a lot. But I still believe it's a mixed blessing and eventually sowthing drastic will have to be done about it , after, of course, TV documentaries asking 'how did we allow it to happen?' .

I've long considered the internet to be the ultimate two-edged sword.

[french frank]

I've long considered the internet to be the ultimate two-edged sword.

It's like junk food. The fact that people get addicted to anything is bad for health, mental health, social behaviour, social attitudes. These factors outweigh any possible benefits.

[Serial_Apologist]

It's like junk food. The fact that people get addicted to anything is bad for health, mental health, social behaviour, social attitudes. These factors outweigh any possible benefits.

I think that what I call "user nobbling" has more to do with the government not being particularly concerned about the technology's inability to distinguish harmful from helpful, because a lot of it will be companies using advertising to forage for new customers.