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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do::The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.

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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah no shit I'm surprised even 8% of boomers are online, they're using the only perfect antivirus - abstinence

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    That and a lot of stuff is no longer email scams. They have moved on to platforms like Discord that would be rare for a boomer to use. Even viruses are hardly an issue for them because everything is mostly done on mobile now. I know zero boomers who would say I am going to install this random .apk for a cool app that was suggested to me... instead it would just be "the app you recommend doesn't exist, it's not in the Play/Apple store"

    It's this weird Era where you almost need a little more technological literacy to be scammed, but not enough to actually recognize a scam.

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