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

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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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[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

idk, here piracy is still very prevalent with all generations and doesn't seem like it impacts scammability.

[-] deft@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

Piracy has become kind of easier and standard. I haven't checked but I bet there is a discord and youtube community about pirating. That didn't exist. I learned about torrenting from an online friend through Maplestory. Limewire was a thing some kid at school told you about. And we all got viruses doing it.

It felt like you had to know a guy to know anything. Now you can just google and the communities for pirating are massive now.

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