Ask HN: How do I protect my parents from the internet?
I recently came home to find the home PC has been bricked - the boot layer has somehow been corrupted.
This is pretty remarkable given that my dad only uses it watch golf videos and edit some photos in lightroom. He may occasionally indulge in some porn cough.
I figured he'd be relatively safe as I installed an Adblocker and had Norton installed on the device but I did not realise how vulnerable he was until I found out he can't tell the difference between a pop up and a genuine desktop notification. He has even clicked through on a "You have been chosen to win an iPhone 7" link recently - he saw no harm in at least seeing what might happen.
He also likes to download videos from youtube so I taught him how to use youtube-dl but ended up downloading some malware-infected ripper because it had a more convenient UI.
How do I educate someone from such a base level?
What can I put on the PC to protect them? I avoided using scriptblockers as I don't think they are tech savvy enough to work out why a page might not be working.
This is pretty remarkable given that my dad only uses it watch golf videos and edit some photos in lightroom. He may occasionally indulge in some porn cough.
I figured he'd be relatively safe as I installed an Adblocker and had Norton installed on the device but I did not realise how vulnerable he was until I found out he can't tell the difference between a pop up and a genuine desktop notification. He has even clicked through on a "You have been chosen to win an iPhone 7" link recently - he saw no harm in at least seeing what might happen.
He also likes to download videos from youtube so I taught him how to use youtube-dl but ended up downloading some malware-infected ripper because it had a more convenient UI.
How do I educate someone from such a base level?
What can I put on the PC to protect them? I avoided using scriptblockers as I don't think they are tech savvy enough to work out why a page might not be working.