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

  • cmgvd3lw
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    11 months ago

    Why do we have names for generations? Stupid.

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      11 months ago

      Because “the youngest cohort falls for online scams more than the oldest cohort” means the same thing but communicates far less information.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, it’s become the new sports teams. Everyone loves blaming their problems on whatever generation they least identify with, when realistically there’s no fair way to judge an entire generation and no fair way to compare groups with such large age gaps and wildly different experiences growing up.