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[โ€“] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who are these smooth-talking scammers that can guide a regular-ass user to jump through hoops in settings to install a malicious app?

you would be extremely surprised. I think lemmy users fail to realize that not everyone has an IT job and is a sys admin.

[โ€“] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Exactly.. there are a ton of older people falling for scams everyday. It's all over the news. They manipulate people by pretending to be a love interest or a family member.