I think that’s besides the point. The social media boom (FB, Twitter, Insta, TikTok) was a point of no return for the internet, stepping out of its “only nerds spend time on it” reputation. Nowadays, everybody and their grandma can be taken for a ride by bad players on the internet, because (imho) let’s face it, most people are like deer in the headlights, they just can’t tell bad stuff from good on the internet.
The internet becoming such a phenomenon with the “unbathed masses” put it on the radar of the regulators much more than in the 2010s, and of course the 90s when only nerds were on it (myself included).
It’s like new designer drugs. When only few people know of them and use them, they remain legal until they become popular and people die from overdoses.
Nowadays, everybody and their grandma can be taken for a ride by bad players on the internet,
It has always been like that. The only thing that has changed is that people send messages via Facebook instead of email or post.
The Nigerian Prince scam started out on snail mail, and the pattern of the advanced-fee scam has roots that reach back to the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner Nothing is new.
I think that’s besides the point. The social media boom (FB, Twitter, Insta, TikTok) was a point of no return for the internet, stepping out of its “only nerds spend time on it” reputation. Nowadays, everybody and their grandma can be taken for a ride by bad players on the internet, because (imho) let’s face it, most people are like deer in the headlights, they just can’t tell bad stuff from good on the internet.
The internet becoming such a phenomenon with the “unbathed masses” put it on the radar of the regulators much more than in the 2010s, and of course the 90s when only nerds were on it (myself included).
It’s like new designer drugs. When only few people know of them and use them, they remain legal until they become popular and people die from overdoses.
It has always been like that. The only thing that has changed is that people send messages via Facebook instead of email or post.
The Nigerian Prince scam started out on snail mail, and the pattern of the advanced-fee scam has roots that reach back to the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Prisoner Nothing is new.
No it hasn’t: Grandmas weren’t on the internet in the 90s.
Mine was.