Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
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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.::undefined

    • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Honestly a lot actually has changed in that time.

      So much info has leaked that it’s a lot easier to phish users than ever. There are dumps of usernames and passwords, so you can know several websites they use as starting points for fraud.

      Password reuse and credentials stuffing are also common now, which means if teens reuse passwords you can get into manu of their accounts.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      5 months ago

      Time online would naturally increase, but more importantly the pandemic would exacerbate that while also increasing the amount of people resorting to scamming.

      There’s multiple parts to the equation, called confounding variables.