> The technology hasn't changing anything. This is factually untrue. Technology has absolutely changed many things. The anonymity of the internet means that r

> The technology hasn't changing anything. This is factually untrue. Technology has absolutely changed many things. The anonymity of the internet means that running scams is much easier. The global reach of the internet means that you can reach across borders and play legal games in a way that was much more difficult before. The automation of phone calls and of sending out emails in bulk means that you can try to deceive tens of thousands of people at a time, instead of just one-by-one. "Spam" barely existed before the internet, and it was definitely much more pervasive after - and the shape and economics of the "scam funnel" is a fundamental part of it. Sure, "people have always been able to lie, deceive, trick, hide, bullshit, distract and beguile" - but the means that they use to do so has changed, and claiming that "the technology hasn't changed anything" is objectively false. The means matter, and more than just for the fact that changing methods means changing strategies to combat those methods. Scale matters, and technology has massively increased the scale of many things, including the ability to deceive others. Vice may be arguing the point extremely poorly, but the point itself is a good one, and worthy of consideration.