Re:WhatsApp's new privacy policy is so bad it might be illegal
by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @12:03AM
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> Honestly, this is a bad argument.
It is a protective heuristic for the non-tech people.
Basically, the more something mentions crypto coins, the higher the likelihood that it is a scam of some type.
It is not always true, but it is true enough for the average person and , in general, functions pretty well as a heuristic.
Thus, they hear about this new, previously unknown, chat service, and see an association with crypto coins, their scam detector immediately goes off, and they don’t want anything to do with it.
It is a protective heuristic for the non-tech people.
Basically, the more something mentions crypto coins, the higher the likelihood that it is a scam of some type.
It is not always true, but it is true enough for the average person and , in general, functions pretty well as a heuristic.
Thus, they hear about this new, previously unknown, chat service, and see an association with crypto coins, their scam detector immediately goes off, and they don’t want anything to do with it.