• mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Honestly, caution about this kind of scam online needs to be part of education from an early age in the modern world. You simply can’t trust young kids to figure things out on their own when the stakes are potentially this high. Yes, you should be immediately suspicious at a private message out of the blue from someone you don’t know. Always assume the worst. Sure, it’s an incredibly harsh worldview, but it’s no different than the “never talk to strangers” we already teach.

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      7 months ago

      Hard to disagree. We need to drill into kids heads that real girls will never ever not in a million years ask a dude they’ve never met for a nude picture. The girls need to be taught to never ever send a nude either, because only scammers do that.

      Yeah, boyfriends and girlfriends will still sext each other. That will never change. But randos? Nah, no random on Instagram is going to send you a nude two hours after you start talking.