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should trust what shows up on your screen.
Because of all the personal data AI tools
in us web, details and facts about our lives can
show up in misleading ways. Scams
powered by AI can customize individual
mess we’d expect only real friends to know.
And once downloaded, AI-powered
malware can learn and adapt to our
vic d
w ev us, scouring our contacts and sending out
personalized but fake messages.
at t w e o t the things we do online. We buy sneakers
ks ks ks and rie real-world lives — all with trust that these
th time, we need to practice unblinking
n we d m e, is we’ d i n .
HOW T n for tens of thousands of years. Trust
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HOW TO SPOT A
PHISHING ATTEMPT
b l has always been tricky. But bad grammar,
nky ages used to be reliable indicators. Now,
though, new AI tools have made phishing
s mor rder individualized content, smoother writing,
h real company would use. Worse, AI has
de paigns, so the volume of bogus emails has
exploded since 2022. Even so, there are al-
ways some give-away traits:
They’re too good to be true! Money for
nothing just doesn’t happen, in email or
real life. Act now! If you’re being rushed to
do something, you’re probably being
tricked.
over n a t h RL RL tom of the page. If it’s weird, steer clear.
Even an AI-made phishing email must lead
e Unexpected attachments. If you’re not
n
a n
a attachment. Simple rule. You can always
ba sender.
er.
th person sending you something, don’t
open it. Another simple rule.
To practice identifying phishing emails, do
an internet search for “phishing quiz” and
pick out three or four of the quick and
usually fun quiz options that come up.
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