Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoGoogle not required to refund victims of gift card scams, judge ruleswww.courthousenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down11
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkGoogle not required to refund victims of gift card scams, judge ruleswww.courthousenews.comJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareHux@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up127·15 hours 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-up32·14 hours ago“Someone tricked me into giving them a $20 bill, IT’S THE FAULT OF THE US MINT!!”
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours 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.