Re:Ask HN: How do you protect your parents from tech scammers?
by thrownaway954 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:24AM
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i will say that i also install and configure ublock origin on all the browsers that i and my parents use. it's surprising how many times, just innocent web browsing gets you in trouble cause of ads and drive by malware.
Re:Ask HN: How do you protect your parents from tech scammers?
by franga2000 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:57AM
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+1 for ad blockers - installing one (I use uBo as well) on the computers I "manage" must've saved my relatives 100s of € in falling for scams. I'm sure of this, because a month ago Facebook pushed a bypass for ad blockers and within days, one of my relatives almost lost 300€. What saved her was her poor understanding of English - she called me to translate something for her and I immediately smelled a scam.
My parents ring me if they get an odd popup on a webpage to double check if they should ignore it or not. If someone calls them telling them there's something wrong they politely tell the person they will ask me to look at it and politely end the call. And if they purchase stuff off a new website they check with me before they make any purchase so they don't pass their credit card to a dodgy site.
It's better they call and ask me than take a risk, last thing I want to happen is my parents to fall victim to a scam.