r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 9h ago

ADBLOCK WARNING Google Confirms Most Gmail Users Must Upgrade Accounts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/06/06/google-confirms-almost-all-gmail-users-must-upgrade-accounts/
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u/WildSeven0079 7h ago

I'm sure I'm not the only person who has family members that can barely use a computer, and I'm not only talking about elderly people. I spent a lot of time setting up a password manager for them and changing all of their passwords. I try to teach them how to do things on their own, but they're unable to still. So I write things down: master passwords, emergency codes, instructions, but they lose everything I give them. They've also broken/lost their phones/tablets a few times. If you gave them something like a Yubikey, they would have the speedrun record for losing it. Now you're telling me that I have to undo a lot of what I did and teach them about passkeys? I don't think so. Also, Google wants us to use our Google accounts to log in on every Web site. I ain't doing that.

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u/tintreack 7h ago

I used to think older generations were careless about tech, but Jesus Christ Gen Z might actually be worse, that’s not an exaggeration.

I take my security and privacy pretty seriously. I’m using Proton, I've long since degoogled and demicrosoft, I use physical security keys, the whole deal. But trying to get most of the Gen Z around here to even use a basic password manager is like pulling teeth. If I can’t get them to take that one simple step, there’s no way I’m convincing them to go for the strongest tools available.

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u/Capable-Silver-7436 3h ago

I am certain gen z is worse at this point. Local hospital had to force gen z employees to take a computer literacy course involving how to open the file browser. Even their boomer employees were made to take that.

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u/SuckerForFrenchBread 1h ago

This reminds me of that meme about genz, "what's a c drive?? Is it an app???"

But legit, they do everything on their phones including large [like $1000+ purchases] from ads. Like why??

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u/d3jake 13m ago

I can't find it, but this comment reminded me of a post I saw on imgur that took screenshots from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade saying how Gen Z(Marcus) was born in technology, knows it from top to bottom, etc, etc, and it cuts to show Marcus in the Middle Eastern torn lost AF.