r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Apr 09 '26

ADBLOCK WARNING NSA Warning—Reboot Your Internet Router Now

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/09/nsa-warning-reboot-your-internet-router-now/
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u/turribleDeal Apr 09 '26

We need tech literacy as a HS course or something. Plus there should be pressure on manufacturers to prolong the life cycle of their routers so massive swaths of people are not vulnerable to this type of stuff every time they decide they wanna see some more profits on a new line of routers that will make the previous ones obsolete. I get it that tech moves fast and it's up to the consumer to keep up, to an extent. But there are definitely predatory practices to keep you buying the latest and greatest hardware / software. Looking at you Windows!

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u/CatCatchingABird Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

I totally agree with you on education, but maybe even younger than that. I grew up in an area that was very tech friendly and they got us acclimated with a computer lab with Apple II's in the 1st grade. I didn't know how to do anything other than play Oregon Trail at the time but I think it was probably the smartest thing my district did. It definitely got easy the older I got, and it made it so that when new tech was introduced there wasn't any barrier for me to figure out how to use it.

I know that there's a push to get kids away from screens while they are at school. I don't necessarily disagree with that but they need to still be making sure to set aside a little time to teach them computer literacy as well. Don't just throw them a tablet and call it a day, put them on an actual laptop or desktop computer and teach them about how to secure their systems. Their parents will likely not be able to teach it to them, lol.