tech is such a walled garden now I can easily see younger gens falling for some of the pretty insidious social engineering going on.
I also think a lot of net safety teaching has been diluted over the years as it turns out people knowing stuff like that makes it harder for corporations to make money off of you and track you.
hell I have almost fallen for some of the shit that goes on these days. It literally takes a single second where you have a lapse of judgement for them to get you.
IDK i just think we should be going "okay but WHY does this advice have to keep coming up every few months despite how basic it seems on paper?" instead of "Does anyone not already know this?"
we're also, like,
acting like we DIDN'T all download shady as hell stuff from Limewire and by googling VIDEOGAME FOR FREE GOOGLE?
This is why whenever something like this comes up I use it more as a "hey, good time to remind about XYZ" as opposed to "can't believe everyone is so dumb that we need to bring this up AGAIN" 'cus acting like that isn't helpful
It's just a way to get people not to want to be around you for acting superior :V