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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.

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[-] tb_@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.works 9 points 2 years 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

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Good luck paying your rent without the internet too.

[-] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Read the article? Gen-Z doesn't read articles! /s

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

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

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