The worst tech habits

WE ALL HAVE bad habits in real life. Which leads to the question: in the technology-driven world of today, why can’t this technology help us cure these bad habits? While tech should help us break bad habits, many times it instead makes things even worse!Are you guilty of any of these terrible tech habits?Leaving gadget in plain sightThe typical gadget isn’t stolen by thieves who have done lots of planning. Instead, most gadget thefts are conceived and executed in seconds, probably because you left it unattended. That window seat at the restaurant may be the perfect choice for your evening wind down drink, until you need to snake your way to the counter to pay your bill. That is the point when a thief comes in, grabs your iPod or phone, and is gone. Absent-minded gadget usageHere is how street hustlers steal your phone and you never learn. They sneak up behind you while you are sitting at the bar terrace. And you have absolutely no idea of their presence, because your head is buried in your Facebook feed. Next thing you know, you’ve been punched in the face and the thieves are running off to safety. Can you identify the suspects? I don’t think so. Using your device with dirty handsTweeting while munching down at your goat brochette and taking pictures of it to post to friends is simply dirty, if you come to think of it.Not cleaning your equipmentLiterally every gadget is vulnerable to damage arising from dust and dirt particles. Machines such as lap tops, desktops and printers, which come with cooling vents are usually the most easily affected.Dust does little damage to electronics generally, but it has a tendency to clog in built fans and other moving parts, which can lead to system failure and overheating if the fan suffers damage. Working with your laptop on your lapYes, they call it a lap top, but you weren’t supposed to take the lay man’s meaning of that. Using your laptop from your lap can lead to a whole host of problems. Many of these problems have got something to do with the heat that the machines emit from their underside. These could range from simple skin dryness/rush, discoloration of the skin, and, so say the medical experts, reduced sperm count.Heat is not the only problem associated with using laptops literally. Placing any heavy load on your thighs for prolonged periods can cause neurological complications. That is all on because of that terrible sitting posture of a hunched back, craned neck and outstretched legs. Failing to back up dataYou have been diligently typing that 1,800 word report for your staff meeting the following morning, are 85 percent through with it and are quite content with the fruits of your labors. Then boom! The Cash Power decides to fail you at this very moment. You had been typing only too furiously on that old but reliable home PC to remember to back that document up on a flash disk or online. And it is already 11: 45 pm, meaning the small grocery shop that sells Cash Power around your humble abode is long closed. Or you simply don’t have the 1000 francs it takes to purchase CP. What then do you do?Sometimes it could be a hard drive crash or system failure. It could even be a stolen laptop. One way or another, your data and valuable documents have vanished, and you are left crying over split milk. Reusing passwords over and overWe all are guilty when it comes to this terrible habit. How are you supposed to remember your 23 different passwords for the different online social forums you signed up to?You take the easy way out, and reuse a password that has worked for you several years and counting.“Password strength” is now something of an online illusion. All it takes is a single website that is careless with your passwords to get hacked. Using your phone or tablet without a caseHow does this end? Eventually, your tablet will die. The battery may explode. The CPU may melt down. Cosmic rays may burn the RAM. More realistically, you may just drop it to destruction.No matter how careful and sure-handed you are, one day they are going to slip out of a pocket, or simply fall to the ground when someone’s elbow bumps against you.

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The worst tech habits