Teens Share Passwords As a Form of Intimacy 533
nonprofiteer writes "The New York Times claims that the hot new trend among teenagers in love is to share passwords to their email and Facebook accounts, as the ultimate form of trust. According to Pew, 33% of teens surveyed say they do this. One expert says the pressure to share passwords is akin to the pressure to have sex. Forbes says don't do it! 'There is something pure and romantic about the idea of sharing everything, and having no secrets from one another. But it's romantic the same way that Romeo and Juliet is romantic, in a tragic, horrible, everyone-is-miserable-and-dies-at-the-end kind of way.' Sam Biddle at Gizmodo writes about which passwords are okay to share (like Netflix), but says to stay away from handing over email or Facebook passwords. 'We all need whatever scraps of privacy we have left, and your email is just that.'"
You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
You're just a jealous bitch, mom! You don't understand that Daniel and me are going to last FOREVER!! I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!
XKCD (Score:5, Funny)
XKCD covered this years ago http://xkcd.com/215/
Luggage combination. (Score:3, Funny)
Can we just encourage old vices instead? (Score:5, Funny)
I'd much rather my kids be having sex than sharing passwords.
Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score:3, Funny)
At least..... (Score:5, Funny)
At least you can change the password... pretty hard to return virginity.
Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score:2, Funny)
*facepalm* And this, my friend, is why so few people here admit to being female.
Re:Savages (Score:5, Funny)
"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."
Ayn Rand
Sounds like that woman had a lot of issues. Hope everything worked out for her.
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
"Honey, he just wants to sleep with you to get your password. Just give him a blow job and leave him. That'll show him!"
Re:Can we just encourage old vices instead? (Score:4, Funny)
What, between themselves? :)
PERV!
Re:Teens do a lot of dumb stuff. (Score:5, Funny)
Teens do a lot of dumb stuff
Yeah but there is a difference between normal teen stuff like having unprotected sex and stuff that can cause serious harm in their later life like sharing passwords.
Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score:2, Funny)
She probably didn't come here to be earnestly and pseudonymously white-knighted by desperate nerds either, but here you are anyway.
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly her password is "omgi3>daniel"
Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score:3, Funny)
Why not? People certainly don't come here for the deep, unique, insightful commentary or the thoughtful and understanding replies. Sure, perhaps in Soviet Russia ... but not here, where all things exist in moderation. :-)
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords (Score:5, Funny)
My gallantry is bigger.
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Real simple solution for this solution. Invite Daniel over for dinner. Begin peppering Daniel and your daughter about wedding plans and telling him how much you'll love having him in the family. They'll be split up in two weeks tops.
Re:Teens do a lot of dumb stuff. (Score:5, Funny)
When I was a Teen, and I shared my Password as a form of intimacy I would have gotten a response at best "Your such a Nerd!" (Back then a Nerd wasn't good)
Yeah. Offering Sysop access to my dialup BBS never got me laid.
my wife and I do this (Score:5, Funny)
My wife and I do this. I keep her passwords on a sheet of paper in the safe. She reads mine before going to bed every night (I believe she's on chapter 2, "Routers and Switches").
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Re:Thanks for the spoilers warning (Score:5, Funny)
Damnit, I was planning on watching Die Hard this weekend.
Now it looks like I don't have to.
Jerk.
Geniuses don't think they know everything.... (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Geniuses don't think they know everything.... (Score:5, Funny)
However, this comes from a man who's last words were "I drank what?!"
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
OK, you're 14 now, it is time for us to talk about a few things. If you have sex with someone, use a condom, and make sure you do not sign their public key unless you really trust them.
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
OK, you're 14 now, it is time for us to talk about a few things. If you have sex with someone, use a condom, and make sure you do not sign their public key unless you really trust them.
Why does this sound like an XKCD comic?
Re:You don't understand, I LOVE HIM!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Just let her browse internet porn on an unpatched version of Windows XP so you won't have to say a word. And remember: the best kind of parenting is lazy parenting.
No! Bad Teenagers! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Teens do a lot of dumb stuff. (Score:3, Funny)
Yea, might have worked with the right guys.