Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do
www.vox.com
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

  • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    463·
    10 months ago

    When you grow up around something being easy to use, you lose the intricate understanding that used to be necessary.

    For Gen X and Millennials, it’s probably cars and/or electronics.

    Busted light switch cover? Better call an electrician “just in case”.

    Need to replace an air filter? Better take it to the shop.

    Not sure where the line is, but I had a Gen X woman tell me that she needs to take the car to the dealership to get her air pressure adjusted. When I showed her how to take off the cap on the tire’s air pressure valve, she looked at me as if I had just pried off her steering wheel, lol

    Not sure where the line is drawn, and there are definitely some people in those generations who know those things. But I’d bet Boomers and earlier generations had a better understanding on average.

    • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      10 months ago

      To be fair, cars are becoming less and less serviceable.

      I had a light bulb that died on my car, and tried to change it myself. How hard could that be?

      Turns out the light bulb is so buried under the engine I ended up giving up and bringing it to the shop. And often even independent shops can no longer service cars, you have to bring it to your maker’s dealership because only they have the proprietary tooling to fix it.

      • RockstarSunglasses@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        10 months ago

        As a car enthusiast and backyard mechanic, this is precisely why I prefer to own older vehicles. If something goes wrong with my '06, I can handle that. My friends/family members with newer cars, by and large, can’t even handle their own basic maintenance because of the way things are designed now. It’s worse than planned obsolescence, it’s engineered difficulty.

        • baldingpudenda@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          10 months ago

          Want to change the oil? Good luck! the filter is behind the engine and right next to the exhaust cause fuck you. At this point I’ll look at getting a roller and doing an EV swap.

      • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        10 months ago

        I tried to replace my sister’s serpentine belt a couple summers ago. Simple, basic maintenance, right? Turns out, the only way to turn the tensioner, was from underneath the car. I’m still mad about it.