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. ( www.vox.com )

otp , 4 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 , 4 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.

dangblingus , 4 months ago

Boomers fall for online scams because they aren't aware of how powerful the internet can make bad actors.

Zoomers fall for online scams because they're younger and simply inexperienced dealing with scam artists.

Millennials fall for online scams because we're lonely and really want the friendly Indian guy we're talking to to get their itunes gift card.

ShaggySnacks , 4 months ago

Gen X would love to fall for online scams however everyone keeps forgetting them.

reverendsteveii , 4 months ago

in fairness, it's because y'all answer every question with "Yeah, totally..." and no one has any idea whether you're being sarcastic

jubilationtcornpone , 4 months ago

Exposure to technology does not automatically breed expertise. I have a 15 year old. Smart phones have existed for her entire life. She knows how to use Snapchat and take goofy selfies. That's where her expertise ends. Any time anything is wrong, she sounds like her grandma complaining "mY mOdEm DoEsNt WoRk!" It's not a modem grandma! That's your computer! Most of her friends are the same way.

yoshisaur , 4 months ago

wish i could say i’m surprised. i’m gen z myself and i’d say i’m pretty decent with not being an idiot with technology. i do the usual stuff like running firefox + uBlockOrigin and i’m also a linux user. anyways, people at my school are just… so dumb with technology. a bunch of people have lost permission to use their school chromebooks and a computer at school because they got malware on it. either by going to a pirate site or just clicking a random download button (my school doesn’t allow us to use adblockers). not to mention that most of them believe that macs cannot get malware. so yeah, i’m unfortunately not surprised with this

stardust , 4 months ago

I thank getting into pcgaming for pushing me towards tech literacy. With how simplified tech has gotten and most usage being phones it's not surprising so many are more clueless than boomers who were at least forced to use PCs in an office setting.

jvrava9 , 4 months ago

Same here, people look at me like an alien when I say that I use an android (no root anything) or a jailbroken iPhone. I've met people that don't even understand the concept of a folder...

lamabop , 4 months ago

Millennials are probably the best at avoiding scams.

Unfortunately we also have no money to scam anyway.

Nommer , 4 months ago

And people have unirinically said that zoomers don't need to learn computers and tech because advancements in UI have made that obsolete.