🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle not required to refund victims of gift card scams, judge ruleswww.courthousenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down13
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minus-squareHux@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up147·2 months agoI’m no fan of google, but I don’t see how it could be expected to act as the insurer for people who have fallen victim to social-engineering gift card scams. It would be a pretty crazy precedent if the judge ruled differently.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·2 months ago“Someone tricked me into giving them a $20 bill, IT’S THE FAULT OF THE US MINT!!”
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoI think Apple refunds people once.
I’m no fan of google, but I don’t see how it could be expected to act as the insurer for people who have fallen victim to social-engineering gift card scams.
It would be a pretty crazy precedent if the judge ruled differently.
“Someone tricked me into giving them a $20 bill, IT’S THE FAULT OF THE US MINT!!”
I think Apple refunds people once.