I’m not buying the “use their devices more” argument. I doubt GenZ is online significantly more than millennials.
I suspect the real reason is that GenZ, unlike millennials, are not digital natives. They’re smartphone natives. And therefore App natives. And social media natives.
When they are actually on the internet, without the App guardrails, they are as lost as the boomers, except the boomers know they’re lost, but GenZ doesn’t, because they think of themselves as being good at the internet and technology.
In addition, if I think about the markers in a phishing email, it’s usually poor grammar, misspelled words, usage of emojis, etc.
But that’s literally how GenZ communicates today. It’s hard to tell a phishing email from a GenZ communication.
I suspect the real reason is that GenZ, unlike millennials, are not digital natives. They’re smartphone natives. And therefore App natives. And social media natives.
When they are actually on the internet, without the App guardrails, they are as lost as the boomers, except the boomers know they’re lost, but GenZ doesn’t, because they think of themselves as being good at the internet and technology.
In addition, if I think about the markers in a phishing email, it’s usually poor grammar, misspelled words, usage of emojis, etc.
But that’s literally how GenZ communicates today. It’s hard to tell a phishing email from a GenZ communication.