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<blockquote data-quote="Back3" data-source="post: 883538" data-attributes="member: 79310">I think testing labs are useless for most people that use a computing device: most people, maybe 90% don&#039;t give a damn about testing labs.Last week, I had 3 calls from friends: the first one told me that he had lost everything on his laptop screen and did not know what to do. It took me a few minutes to understand that he had turned on the tablet mode and 30 seconds to get his regular screen back. I also helped him get rid of useless shortcuts and set up Mail on his computer. He didn&#039;t know he had an antivirus on his computer.My second friend got a bill from Avast. But he does not use Avast on his laptop, I knew that he had used Avast on a previous computer. I sent him links to unsubscribe from Avast.Another friend had installed Avast 3 years ago. He does know what an antivirus is but he doesn&#039;t know what antivirus is&nbsp; running on his computer.The third friend called me because she had dropped her Iphone in water. She sent a lot of messages to people asking them what to do and most people told her to put her phone into rice for 48 hours. Finally she called me on a landline, crying. I knew she had an Iphone 8 and that these phone are good for 30 minutes in water. I told her : clean your phone and don&#039;t eat the rice. I&#039;m sure your phone is running OK. It was!These people are persons with good jobs and well considered in their community, But they don&#039;t know about testing labs and don&#039;t care.Testing labs results are interesting for people like me. I know&nbsp; that sometimes, it&#039;s good or bad marketing. But I learned a lot about security just by discussing the usefulness of testing labs. Just for that, it&#039;s useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Back3, post: 883538, member: 79310"] I think testing labs are useless for most people that use a computing device: most people, maybe 90% don't give a damn about testing labs. Last week, I had 3 calls from friends: the first one told me that he had lost everything on his laptop screen and did not know what to do. It took me a few minutes to understand that he had turned on the tablet mode and 30 seconds to get his regular screen back. I also helped him get rid of useless shortcuts and set up Mail on his computer. He didn't know he had an antivirus on his computer. My second friend got a bill from Avast. But he does not use Avast on his laptop, I knew that he had used Avast on a previous computer. I sent him links to unsubscribe from Avast.Another friend had installed Avast 3 years ago. He does know what an antivirus is but he doesn't know what antivirus is running on his computer. The third friend called me because she had dropped her Iphone in water. She sent a lot of messages to people asking them what to do and most people told her to put her phone into rice for 48 hours. Finally she called me on a landline, crying. I knew she had an Iphone 8 and that these phone are good for 30 minutes in water. I told her : clean your phone and don't eat the rice. I'm sure your phone is running OK. It was! These people are persons with good jobs and well considered in their community, But they don't know about testing labs and don't care. Testing labs results are interesting for people like me. I know that sometimes, it's good or bad marketing. But I learned a lot about security just by discussing the usefulness of testing labs. Just for that, it's useful. [/QUOTE]

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