The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.

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.

  • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    288·
    1 year ago

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

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      131·
      1 year 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.