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Schools really need to teach kids not to trust the identity of anyone who initiates contact them unless they can physically see them in person and already know
by EnigmaFlare 2y ago
Schools really need to teach kids not to trust the identity of anyone who initiates contact them unless they can physically see them in person and already know them personally. If the general population had this skill ingrained in them, all phishing scams would poof away into uselessness.
- akira2501 2y agoSecond level of confidence scam is "Fake credentials." You wouldn't gain much.
- EnigmaFlare 2y agoCan you explain how that works and how this general phishing protection concept wouldn't help?
- bradleyjg 2y agoIn person scams don’t scale. That’s much better.
- pixl97 2y agoI mean, in person pyramid scams are pretty popular.
- EnigmaFlare 2y agoThat's less of a scam and more of a personal responsibility problem. Like gambling, it doesn't necessarily involve any dishonesty, just encouraging you to imagine you'll sign up a lot of members or sell a lot of product. Further into the less-scammy direction is you buy a toy for your kid but he doesn't like playing with it. Were you scammed into buying a useless product? In a way, yes, but also there has to be some point where people are allowed the freedom to make their own mistakes.
- bradleyjg 2y agoHow do you think the total dollars and rate of change compares for of in person pyramid schemes and online scams?