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

  • jan teli@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    11 months ago

    As a gen z, I agree-- I once used a terminal in front of one of my friends and he (unironically) asked if I was programming it myself.

    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      11 months ago

      From what I can see, it’s because “screens” got so much easier to use there’s been no need for countless nights of screaming at the laptop until you figure something out. I mean, it was not easy becoming fluent.

      • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        17·
        11 months ago

        I am scared to see what will happen when iPad kids grow up and something doesn’t work, their understanding of an app is an icon with a label that you click so it opens. No troubleshooting skills whatsoever, even googling a problem isn’t an option for them.

      • jan teli@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        I mean, there was that one time that I tried alpine linux w/sway and then spent ~30 minutes connecting to my friends wifi (this was when he asked if I was programming it myself).

    • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      14·
      11 months ago

      Same here, I have the nickname “hacker” at school just because I use an android and am tech savy. I have seen people that didn’t know what a folder was, thx apple, and thought I was hacking the school or smth when I updated some stuff in termux.

      • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        That’s wild to me that people consider using an android device to be technical in anyway. It’s literally designed to be user friendly enough for grandmas and grandpas to use. iPhones have really rotted some people’s brains.

    • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Same here, I have the nickname “hacker” at school just because I use an android and am somewhat tech savy. I have seen people that didn’t know what a folder was, thx apple, and thought I was hacking smth when doing an update in Artix…