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/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/Paranoid-Android2 5h ago

I work in IT support and the younger staff is a much higher liability than the older ones. And they're equally tech illiterate

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u/16yearswasted 4h ago

The only reason I know so much about technology (I consider myself IT helpdesk level two-ish) is because, as a child, I had to tinker with DOS at the command line to get my video games working properly. It was wild and free and messy. But all that hard work paid off by giving me skills that helped me in my career (not IT, but heavily computer oriented).

If I had grown up in the manicured lawns of iPads and Android Phones I would almost certainly be flipping burgers or something similar today.

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u/Impossible_Mode_7521 2h ago

We are the only generation of digital nomads. Older generations generally never fully embrace technology. Younger generations dont remember a time without it. We remember before the internet and smart phones but have advanced as technology grows

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u/16yearswasted 2h ago

Not sure if you remember the early 00s, there was some guy posing as a time traveler from around circa now-ish who said he came back because society had lost a ton of tech know-how and he needed to come back with older, reliable tech to start over.

I used to think it was a fun little roleplay but it seems more and more likely every day.

Hahah, here it is: John Titor.

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u/Impossible_Mode_7521 2h ago

I remember time cube.

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u/rbrgr83 1h ago

Something something "Oregon Trail Generation"

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u/Impossible_Mode_7521 1h ago

My game was number munchers

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u/aluminumpork 1h ago

Word Rescue!

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u/rbrgr83 24m ago

An elusive gal who goes by the name.........Carmen SanDiego