[Security minded was a very good choice actually. David would be ashamed of Balthier if he didn't think of needing to keep some stuff private, and not completely trusting electronics when there's a technopath around. But hte keyboard comment makes David laugh.]
It's called the QWERTY system, based on the first six letters on the keyboard. It was actually developed during the days of typewriters. The system was developed deliberately to slow typing down, because if you typed too fast, keys on a fully mechanical typewriter could hit each other and get stuck. They had to develop something slower to make the hand need to move more for common keys to make everything go a bit slower. There are more efficient ones, like DVORAK, and honestly I could reprogram your keyboard to do anything you like, and then rekey it myself. Though for typing, there are actually games that can help you learn how to type better, though most of them are based on qwerty keyboard layouts.
[He's definitely impressed by Balthier's approach with that question, even as he's making a list mentally of what he wants.]
Okay, you're beyond bright. Yes, you're completely correct. A general rule of thumb on the internet is 'if you can't tell what they're selling, the answer is you'. Most sites, search engines, and yes, ordering systems, track what you purchase and make a sort of profile for you, to target ads and the like. It's horrible. But...
[He taps the screen and the indicator of two add-ons running in the corner]
This button shows you that a VPN is live. We'll talk about that later. Basically it allows you to mask what country you're from, by accessing things through servers in another country. It's a low end thing that acts similarly to how hackers behave for safety and to throw people off. Think of it like having credentials on a ship that claim you're from a whole other nation. It also means you can access versions of sites available only in other nations. Meanwhile this one here, this is a combination ad-blocker and privacy app. This one I coded just for you. Basically you'll do what you want, and when you conclude your transactions on a site and close it, this thing goes through a process first of scrubbing what are called 'cookies'. Things that track your behavior and all that stuff. It also, when you first go to a site, finds any settings it has that tell them 'no you can't keep my information thanks' and toggles them immediately on.
Over time, I'll try and make you something a bit less quickly thrown together, for security purposes. That will include things like encryption cyphers and the like. And that's going on before I teach you about media piracy.
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It's called the QWERTY system, based on the first six letters on the keyboard. It was actually developed during the days of typewriters. The system was developed deliberately to slow typing down, because if you typed too fast, keys on a fully mechanical typewriter could hit each other and get stuck. They had to develop something slower to make the hand need to move more for common keys to make everything go a bit slower. There are more efficient ones, like DVORAK, and honestly I could reprogram your keyboard to do anything you like, and then rekey it myself. Though for typing, there are actually games that can help you learn how to type better, though most of them are based on qwerty keyboard layouts.
[He's definitely impressed by Balthier's approach with that question, even as he's making a list mentally of what he wants.]
Okay, you're beyond bright. Yes, you're completely correct. A general rule of thumb on the internet is 'if you can't tell what they're selling, the answer is you'. Most sites, search engines, and yes, ordering systems, track what you purchase and make a sort of profile for you, to target ads and the like. It's horrible. But...
[He taps the screen and the indicator of two add-ons running in the corner]
This button shows you that a VPN is live. We'll talk about that later. Basically it allows you to mask what country you're from, by accessing things through servers in another country. It's a low end thing that acts similarly to how hackers behave for safety and to throw people off. Think of it like having credentials on a ship that claim you're from a whole other nation. It also means you can access versions of sites available only in other nations. Meanwhile this one here, this is a combination ad-blocker and privacy app. This one I coded just for you. Basically you'll do what you want, and when you conclude your transactions on a site and close it, this thing goes through a process first of scrubbing what are called 'cookies'. Things that track your behavior and all that stuff. It also, when you first go to a site, finds any settings it has that tell them 'no you can't keep my information thanks' and toggles them immediately on.
Over time, I'll try and make you something a bit less quickly thrown together, for security purposes. That will include things like encryption cyphers and the like. And that's going on before I teach you about media piracy.