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.

  • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    252·
    1 year ago

    One thing about this particular phenomenon that the article doesn’t take into account is that Gen Z is a lot more online than boomers are, hence they are exposed more often to the various dangers.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      And not even entirely by choice, a boomer - fairly well off financially - can reasonably spend years without touching the internet if they don’t work.

      Imma fail my classes if I don’t sign on once a day, and depressed as fuck in my apartment if I can’t even watch Netflix lmao

    • wowbagger@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      Did you even bother to skim the article? That’s literally the first reason they give:

      There are a few theories that seem to come up again and again. First, Gen Z simply uses technology more than any other generation and is therefore more likely to be scammed via that technology.

      • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        They acknowledge their bias but don’t account for it in their numbers, smells like statistics manipulation to me