http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/10/11/everybodys-a-techie/ Geek News Central is the technical weblog for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a twice weekly tech podcast Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/10/11/everybodys-a-techie/comment-page-1/#comment-4243 Tigsfan Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:19:48 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/10/11/everybodys-a-techie/#comment-4243 Fantastic article. Truer words were never spoken! I can't tell you the number of countless people I've come across who claims that their "Tech friend" told them that using McAffee Anti-virus was smart, or encouraged them to leave their wi-fi open so that it can be accessed by anyone... Of course, these "techies" charged them a fee for their information, sometimes at ridiculus costs. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> When I stop by and uninstall McAffee or Norton (replaced with a better alternative) and then protect their documents labeled often "Bank Numbers" or "Passwords", and encrypt and protect their wi-fi they are very grateful. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> These self-proclaimed techies are a joke, and are taking advantage of ignorant people. Very frustrating to see. Fantastic article. Truer words were never spoken! I can’t tell you the number of countless people I’ve come across who claims that their “Tech friend” told them that using McAffee Anti-virus was smart, or encouraged them to leave their wi-fi open so that it can be accessed by anyone… Of course, these “techies” charged them a fee for their information, sometimes at ridiculus costs.

When I stop by and uninstall McAffee or Norton (replaced with a better alternative) and then protect their documents labeled often “Bank Numbers” or “Passwords”, and encrypt and protect their wi-fi they are very grateful.

These self-proclaimed techies are a joke, and are taking advantage of ignorant people. Very frustrating to see.

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