Comment by satvikpendem

Comment by satvikpendem 2 days ago

16 replies

> improved education and targeted campaigns against common security pitfalls

Good one. Do you see how dumb the average consumer is? They don't know or care even if you try to educate them.

vlovich123 2 days ago

Maybe but there’s a fair amount of corruption going on in India. For example, they got caught spraying water near air quality monitors (at them?) to make the data seem better than it is instead of actually tackling the problem.

  • satvikpendem 2 days ago

    That's sadly how the culture is in India. I wish it improved to be more like Japan or China but I'm not sure how one can solve this sort of issue.

    • ethbr1 21 hours ago

      Same approach China is taking -- harsh penalties + heavy press broadcasting in the most egregious instances uncovered, with an emphasis on consequences for the high ranking folks involved.

      You don't want to try to catch everyone, as then people do worse things trying to cover their tracks, but you do want to establish a credible fear of consequences that will shift the default societal balance point between {do corruption} and {don't}.

      And it may take a generation, but it is possible.

    • DeepSeaTortoise 2 days ago

      Require all people who received higher education to work for their country first for 15 to 20 years.

      There's no point in being able to buy an outrageously fancy toilet with remittances if there's no sewer to hook it up to.

      • dotnet00 2 days ago

        That would be a great way to make the brain drain even worse.

      • matt_heimer 21 hours ago

        That would discourage higher education, you are basically punishing people for it.

        Try giving free education to all government employees instead.

thisisit a day ago

Same dumbness applies to people who are supposed to enforce these laws. Enforcement authorities will often tell you to settle privately - “just return the money and ask your victim to rescind the case”. They don’t care for average consumer.

  • ponector a day ago

    Are they incentivized to care? Are they paid well?

    Usually for police it is much better to not register the case and push victim to settle privately.

    If they register they got more work and worse statistics.

throwawayqqq11 2 days ago

Considering that AI companies are strategically/financially in the same position as other market cornering companies like uber, imagine how much dumber things can get.

bigyabai a day ago

It's articles like these that make me comfortable saying you are part of the problem. Your materialist fear of losing a wholly replaceable phone is manufacturing consent for disaster.

dingnuts 2 days ago

I shouldn't have to accept government surveillance just because 15% of the population is functionally illiterate. We should have support structures for those people as a society, but "dumb people exist" is a fucking horrible argument for why I should have my freedom restricted

  • satvikpendem 2 days ago

    You shouldn't, I agree with you, but what's the solution that works for everyone, not just the tech literate?

    • bfg_9k 2 days ago

      There doesn't need to be a solution that works for everyone. It doesn't matter how many barriers you put in place, people will always get scammed - so don't punish the other capable 85%.

      • aydyn a day ago

        You do in fact need a system that works for the vast majority. If your system flat out doesnt work for 15% of the population, you'd have mass riots and unrest.

      • satvikpendem a day ago

        You mean the capable 15%, not 85% as again users are dumb. That's why governments will always cater to the majority.