▲ 403 ▼ Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (www.vox.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That's still not mixable with scams. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I think some of these just overlap. For example there can be a scammer pretending to be someone who is not. Then the victim may share content that wouldn't share otherwise. Then the scammer extortions the victim by threatening to leak content in the victim's social circle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago I think some of these just overlap. For example there can be a scammer pretending to be someone who is not. Then the victim may share content that wouldn't share otherwise. Then the scammer extortions the victim by threatening to leak content in the victim's social circle. permalink fedilink source parent