Chris Remington@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoGen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents dowww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkGen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents dowww.vox.comChris Remington@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squarekoper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 years ago “Gen Z simply uses technology more than any other generation and is therefore more likely to be scammed via that technology.”
minus-squarePonyOfWar@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 years agoThat’s part of it for sure, but anecdotally I also find that Gen Z people often have quite a shallow, even naive understanding of the technology they use every day. Probably due to modern interaction design valuing simplicity above everything else.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI think that’s true of any technology that goes mainstream. New tech is evolved to where the end user doesn’t need to know how it works to use it.
That’s part of it for sure, but anecdotally I also find that Gen Z people often have quite a shallow, even naive understanding of the technology they use every day. Probably due to modern interaction design valuing simplicity above everything else.
I think that’s true of any technology that goes mainstream. New tech is evolved to where the end user doesn’t need to know how it works to use it.