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You should also make the users that try to send money take a mandatory class in detecting obvious scams before continuing to use your service.
by xvector 6y ago
You should also make the users that try to send money take a mandatory class in detecting obvious scams before continuing to use your service.
- godzillabrennus 6y agoI remember a debate in the 90’s on if consumers should have to get licensed (like ham radio operators) to use a personal computer on the internet. Maybe eternal September wouldn’t have happened...
- dx034 6y agoOne of my former employers used a security company to regularly send out very well designed phishing emails with personalized links. Clicking a link or opening an attachment got you a call with IT plus a mandatory class in how to avoid phishing. The success rate of those simulated attacks dropped drastically after the first few tries. Maybe if more companies did this it would also help fewer people to fall for it outside of work.
- MarcellusDrum 6y agoThe sad thing is that people probably stopped clicking them because they think "Its another dumb IT trick". I guess it works well enough though.