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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. (www.vox.com)

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[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 17 points 11 months ago

genX are the perps. shhhh dont tell anyone. no one knows were here

[-] rdyoung@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is also why we are more likely to notice it. Some of us could teach the scanners a thing or two.

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago

Yeah I'd say growing up coding in Basic on DOS machines, and logging onto BBSes gives us a leg up over millenials who at best started with AOL and Windows 98

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