I agree with your second point about it's essentially our job to design accordingly with this type of audience in mind.
To your first point, though, I think people are becoming more aware of what the internet is, how it's used, and what the dangers are of using it improperly. At least that's what I'm seeing in my group of friends (some who are not technologically-inclined). With all these reports coming out of companies getting hacked and such, it's becoming much more mainstream.
Yes, agree with your point as well — the concern with internet security is bigger than ever, and that's probably a good thing.
But for anyone other than a InfoSec analyst, it's probably impossible to follow most of the procedures to be really safe — I mean, who has a strong password for Designer News anyway? haha
I agree with your second point about it's essentially our job to design accordingly with this type of audience in mind.
To your first point, though, I think people are becoming more aware of what the internet is, how it's used, and what the dangers are of using it improperly. At least that's what I'm seeing in my group of friends (some who are not technologically-inclined). With all these reports coming out of companies getting hacked and such, it's becoming much more mainstream.