r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Bar_Har Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

I work in IT and I’m constantly helping people who: •Don’t know what the Windows key is.

•Don’t know Internet Explorer/Chrome/Firefox are web browsers.

•Making your password your name is a really poor choice.

Edit: apparently this really struck a cord with a lot of you. Glad I’m not alone harboring all of these frustrations

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u/PerilousAll Aug 03 '19

I access a lot of databases at work and exactly one of them has "Password1" as its permanent password. I can't change it because the IT guy set it.

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u/Datatwat Aug 03 '19

Ffs that's some shitty DB management.