Autism

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A community for respectful discussion and memes related to autism acceptance. All neurotypes are welcome.

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Oh nooooo (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/autism@lemmy.world

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

My least favorite part today: Waiting for someone to read from a mandatory script written for the least common denominator.

Before we let your wife talk to us about the bank account, you'll need to answer some questions to prove your identity, you must wait for all answers to be read before responding.......

We've been doing this so long that the people who invented it have died. Can I just use a fucking YubiKey and a pin?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (13 children)

time and again news things about bad things there is some stuff about wierd feelings or this seems strange. I gtfo when anything feels wierd or seems to be going somewhere wierd. unless im in about as safe an environment as I can be in. maybe. maybe then I will give a little benefit of the doubt.

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