What's the oldest technology you continue using?

cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 206 points –

Some of my coworkers were talking about using RSS to read blogs, which made some of the younger folks in our team ask what it is and why we keep using it.

Some still use iPods to avoid subscriptions and streaming services, my favorite was one of our sysadmins who showed me Gopher.

I’m curious about others though, thanks!

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we have lever door handles at work and wheel and axle door knobs at home.

Aren't those just standard door knobs? Like which others are there (besides maybe smarthome/electronic stuff, but that's not really widespread esp. for home use)?

Aren't those just standard door knobs?

Exactly, those two are pretty standard.options.

As far as door latches go the cross bar and draw bolts probably predate it by thousands of years but I don't use those regularly.

A "Smart" Lock on your home is going backwards on centuries worth of progress as far as your security is concerned.

At this point, it's so common knowledge that smart locks are so easy to pick/bypass/break into, quietly too, that I can't help but think they must attract thieves just cuz they look so wild and different and function so terribly.