Do I really need to point out the "facebook login" incident again?
A lot of people trust computers and assume they are magically correct. Example: THE DATABASE is magically and completely up to date in every detail. Just try getting incorrect information changed in a database some time. People trust computers way more than they should.
In Britain, an advertising campaign for keeping your TV licence up to date carries the slogan: "It's all in the database".
I don't own a TV, yet regularly get threatening letters from their "database" saying "we know you're watching TV" and "we said we'd call". Meh.
(The government here seems to like this sort of thing. A recent long-running radio ad campaign went along the lines of "pay your car tax... you can't escape the computer". No, really.)
A ReadWriteWeb article started becoming the first result when Googling for "facebook login", and the comments were filled with confused people who think they're accordingly on (the "new") Facebook.
A lot of people trust computers and assume they are magically correct. Example: THE DATABASE is magically and completely up to date in every detail. Just try getting incorrect information changed in a database some time. People trust computers way more than they should.