I used to think that anything you did in front of the computer was able to be seen by others. I always refrained from saying stuff that I wouldn't say in public in front of the computer for fear than others could hear me!
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - I used to believe that if I fell asleep lying on my front that my boobs wouldn't grow. And they didn't.— Booey
- I used to believe Chad Kroeger from Nickelback was computer generated— Indeed
- When I was a child, I believed that thunder was God playing on the computer.
— Gabriela - I used to beleive that the computer bugs were real creatures that lived in your pc and ate away at it.— BoBo
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam