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I actually would rephrase it as there weren’t enough users with money to make using email a worthwhile scam medium. Email is low trust and almost any user is s
by gpapilion 4y ago
I actually would rephrase it as there weren’t enough users with money to make using email a worthwhile scam medium.
Email is low trust and almost any user is susceptible to being scammed, because there aren’t good trust markers in emails, and companies use it in ways that make it indistinguishable from spam.
- lolinder 4y agoI think both are true. The kinds of scams my grandparents (and even parents) fall for are trivially recognizable as scams to me. It takes more work to defraud someone who knows more about the way thing are supposed to work. But yes, it's definitely still possible for anyone to fall for more sophisticated scams, and there being more money to be had is a huge part of it. Either way the effect is the same: more protection is necessary than was before.