Is This Phishing? Older Age Is Associated With Greater Difficulty Discriminating Between Safe and Malicious Emails.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
; 76(9): 1711-1715, 2021 10 30.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33378418
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
As our social worlds become increasingly digitally connected, so too has concern about older adults falling victim to "phishing" emails, which attempt to deceive a person into identity theft and fraud. In the present study, we investigated whether older age is associated with differences in perceived suspiciousness of phishing emails.METHODS:
Sixty-five cognitively normal middle-aged to older adults rated a series of genuine and phishing emails on a scale from definitely safe to definitely suspicious.RESULTS:
Although older age was not related to a shift in overall perception of email safety, older age was related to worse discrimination between genuine and phishing emails, according to perceived suspiciousness.DISCUSSION:
These findings suggest that cognitively normal older adults may be at particular risk for online fraud because of an age-associated reduction in their sensitivity to the credibility of emails.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Percepção Social
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Envelhecimento
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Correio Eletrônico
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Julgamento
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Enganação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article