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A Verified Virtual Shopping World to Finally Protect Us From Scammers How a Verified Virtual Shopping World Could Finally Protect Us From Scammers

I’ve been thinking and digging around this morning about the whole XR ecosystem and the way different OS systems are starting to shape our digital lives. At the same time, the BBC has been hammering on about scammers — and not just targeting older generations anymore, but now the younger ones too. With AI making scam tactics smarter, faster, and harder to spot, this is a problem that’s not going anywhere.

And honestly? Unless a company like Meta steps up — and right now, I genuinely think they’re the only one positioned to do it — this mess is only going to get worse. I see so many gorgeous products on Instagram and Facebook that I’d love to buy, but I don’t. I’ve been scammed too many times. I never buy directly from Facebook or Instagram because I simply don’t trust them anymore.

Right now, scammers aren’t really going after the older generation anymore — they can’t get them into the banks or onto the calls in the same way. They’re going after the younger generation instead, because they’re far more digitally confident and easier to reach online. And with people creating AI images and deepfakes of celebrities to trick…