Yes, sooner or later it’s probably not a good idea to keep kids away from the internet.

My little niece is still way too young at 5, but I’m already thinking about it because at some point she’ll come into contact with the internet anyway.

That’s why I’m asking here — I’m already trying to gather some good ideas for a few years down the line.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep that in mind as an uncle.

You can’t start using Linux early enough. It’s not about my daughter, but about my niece, but I’ll keep that in mind when she’s old enough.

You’re exactly my kind of guy. For me, it’s not about my daughter, but about my little niece, who just turned five.

When we’re together, we go out to the woods, to the lake, to the playground, to the bookstore, the museum, to the zoo, or something like that.

Until further notice, I have no intention of putting her in front of a screen.

I’ve just planned that at some point, when my niece is much older, I might build a weather station or an irrigation system with her using a Raspberry Pi or something like that.

But that’s still a long way off.

I guess you either work for a company with highly sensitive data, or the IT people are overdramatizing a tad bit.

I also believe that IT security is important, but it should remain reasonable.

Sounds to me like more of a power play by management than a sensible security concept.

Yes, that’s probably how it is here. Still, it’s strange, considering that most reasonably modern printers are fairly easy to set up for any company network.

Presumably, not much is printed here, as there is hardly any need for it anymore.

Has it gotten so bad that you have to send stuff to the manager to get it printed?

Am I obliged to sacrifice my time to correct nonsense? I don’t think so.

Do your own due diligence if you don’t believe me.

I just don’t feel like responding because it would take some effort to refute all of that. I think anyone who does even half a decent amount of research will quickly realize that it’s either simply wrong or cherry picking. It’s pointless anyway to try to convince people who are so entrenched in their opinions.

But hey, it’s good to know that people are impressed just by mentioning a few random sources.

You’d be better off reading the Wikipedia article about Orwell instead of forming an opinion based on random social media comments.

Not sure if we are talking about the same George Orwell here or how you came to the conclusion that he was a “right-wing POS” - he was definitely not.

I wonder what George Orwell would have to say about all this… nvm, he already said everything there is to say.