Yaky@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Who are these smooth-talking scammers that can guide a regular-ass user to jump through hoops in settings to install a malicious app?
Maybe I should ask them how they do it, because I cannot convince my family to download and use Signal. You know, the legit app from the official app store.
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.
Exactly… there are a ton of older people falling for scams everyday. It’s all over the news.
goldman60@lemmy.world 2 days ago
People who can’t operate a computer will somehow become gods at following instructions if someone calls “from Microsoft”
d00ery@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yes exactly this. I try and explain a computer thing to someone and get ignored. That same person talks to some sales rep in the electronics store and comes away “ohh they said I need to buy super expensive antivirus, that’ll solve my issue with my screen resolution being too low”. 🤦
plyth@feddit.org 2 days ago
The sales rep offered a solution to that person’s problem.
You want that person to be right which they perceive as you want to dominate them.
So they try to resist you while they are highly motivated to follow the instructions of the sales person.
d00ery@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Interesting interpretation of the psychology. But I also offered a solution. The solution I’ve offered fixes the problem, the salesman’s solution sounds like it solves the problem but does not.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
You mean from ‘The Microsoft’