82
Duolingo - 2,676,696 breached accounts
(haveibeenpwned.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
82 points (97.7% liked)
Cybersecurity News
1326 readers
1 users here now
Welcome to Cybersecurity News!
A community that collect news and other tidbits related to cybersecurity in all its domains.
There are no hard and fast rules regarding what to post here-- we are fine with both pop news articles and more technical pieces regarding cybersecurity.
We use a bot called flynnbot to repost some rss feed content but the majority of posts are human-curated.
New to Cybersecurity?
Here are some resources to get you started:
Related Communities
!security_cpe@infosec.pub
!cybersecurity@zerobytes.monster
!packetstorm@zerobytes.monster
!security@programming.dev
!secops@lemmy.world
!cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
!netsec@zerobytes.monster
!securitynews@infosec.pub
!cloudsecurity@infosec.pub
!netsec@links.hackliberty.org
!cybersecurity@infosec.pub
!cybersecuritymemes@lemmy.world
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Another reason to stop using this app. What they teach is fucking trash if you actually intend to try and use the language.
I will say that they have gotten way better than they were, but compared to Babbel or speakly or any other proper app it's honestly a joke
That's not true in my case. My Korean has shown a marked improvement.
I’ve been using it for German for almost a year and I’ll often compare it with what the iOS Translate app and Google Translate give me. It’s pretty on point from what I can tell. Like someone else said, I think it’s gotten much better over time, but I’m sure it varies from language to language.
Maybe it does depend on the language, for Spanish my native Spanish speaking girlfriend will often correct me and sometimes say what it is teaching me is just flatout wrong.
On top of that it is teaching me South American Spanish which I guess would be fine if it told me that was the case but it doesn't make a distinction, ever. I want to learn Spanish proper, something like Busuu will take the time to tell you "in this region these words will be used where as in this other region these may be used more commonly"
Additionally its actual method of teaching is just like throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks, it doesn't actually explain concepts properly to you, it doesn't explain why things are happening within the language. Add on top of that the shitty heart system where you are penalised for not knowing things by being looked out of further learning and it just isn't an effective teaching tool at all in my experience.
I have learnt more in a month on Busuu than I have in 550 days of Duolingo because it explains things properly and actually tries to teach you the language rather than just throwing words at you until you get things wrong and get locked out for a day.