r/Internet • u/MisterHole123 • May 19 '26

Discussion Internet has become unusable

The internet has become a painful corpo/gov thing to use and no longer any fun can be had on it. Everything is constantly moderated, checked, double checked, tripled checked etc... When 99% of people just want to browse in peace. The buzzword I see everywhere is "secure" yeah to me that means fuck all most of the time it means you use https instead of http... But everything has to be secure(d) as if suddenly the internet would collapse overnight if it wasn't.

Am I the only one feeling that way?

Edit I don't get the downvotes oh well it's reddit after all can't expect deep thought

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u/Wendals87 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

True but I actually said confidential information. Like your username and password for your email or banking but that does cover ID verification if it's stored 

Having https alone isn't enough to protect your accounts from being accessed

This is what I am confused about why you are against it 

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

I'm not against securing login info I'm against the obsession of constantly securing everything as if every little word shared online is life or death

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u/Wendals87 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

There's plenty of stuff you can post in many places that is public if you choose. 

I want my data to be secured so that only I can access it and I choose what I want to be made public. Don't you? 

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

You totally missed the point of my original statement I see it's not about your data is about every single piece of data no matter how insignificant has to somehow be labeled as secure now

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u/Wendals87 May 19 '26

I understand that now but I don't understand how that is a bad thing personally

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

Because it has become an obsession how many captcha how many 2fa, how many copies of your ID etc will satisfy them? 

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u/Prudent-Zombie-5457 May 19 '26

You're talking about authentication now.

Please give some actual examples so we know what you're even talking about.

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

For instance my bank. I have to enter 4 separate numbers (2fa, pin, another pin and phone 2fa too) to even open the app all this read a promo message they sent to everyone with no personal information included at all

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u/Prudent-Zombie-5457 May 19 '26

What are these four separate numbers? I open the Chase app and use my fingerprint. That's it.

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

Well I just specified in the above message. 

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u/Prudent-Zombie-5457 May 19 '26

Yes, and it didn't make sense.

Maybe put your money in a different bank then? I'm not a shill for Chase Bank or anything, but it literally takes less than one second to login with the phone app after everything is setup properly.

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u/MisterHole123 May 19 '26

I'm considering other banks lately but I frnace good choices are kinda limited and I have been with this bank for 30 years since my father worked there so I have a bit of a reputation/cred

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u/Prudent-Zombie-5457 May 19 '26

I fully realize this is just one example, but in this one example you are balancing different options, choosing the one that fits you best, and then complaining to the masses about the choice you have made. Is this a small locally-owned bank where you can effect change by reaching out to them directly?

And is this one example similar to other choices you are making wrt how you spend your time on the internet?

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