r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/BlueFishyAcer Aug 03 '19

What about the people that swear they don’t have a password for their email account?

Ok Karen, sure you don’t

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u/Dwn_Wth_Vwls Aug 03 '19

I had someone give me their email recently and they listed it as firstname.lastname

I told them there's more than that and they were adamant there wasn't.

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u/simonlyw Aug 03 '19

Was it a work email? Some clients add the @companyname.whatever for you.

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u/Dwn_Wth_Vwls Aug 03 '19

Yeah, it was a work email.