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As scammers adapt and evolve, how can technology keep up?
Manage episode 497613965 series 2746641
Singaporeans lost a record S$1.1 billion to scams in 2024 - with a majority of victims under the age of 50. As scammers get smarter and more sophisticated, can technology keep up or will it always be one step behind? In this week’s Deep Dive, Li Hongyi and Hygin Prasad Fernandez from Open Government Products talk to Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards about whether it’s possible at all to outsmart scammers.
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Chapters
1. As scammers adapt and evolve, how can technology keep up? (00:00:00)
2. Why do Singaporeans keep getting scammed? (00:03:58)
3. Having the right safeguards in place (00:06:05)
4. Will we ever get ahead of the scammers? (00:11:00)
5. Being part of a high-trust society (00:12:58)
6. Our technologies are still very nascent (00:16:27)
7. How long till we're able to catch up? (00:22:30)
202 episodes
Manage episode 497613965 series 2746641
Singaporeans lost a record S$1.1 billion to scams in 2024 - with a majority of victims under the age of 50. As scammers get smarter and more sophisticated, can technology keep up or will it always be one step behind? In this week’s Deep Dive, Li Hongyi and Hygin Prasad Fernandez from Open Government Products talk to Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards about whether it’s possible at all to outsmart scammers.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. As scammers adapt and evolve, how can technology keep up? (00:00:00)
2. Why do Singaporeans keep getting scammed? (00:03:58)
3. Having the right safeguards in place (00:06:05)
4. Will we ever get ahead of the scammers? (00:11:00)
5. Being part of a high-trust society (00:12:58)
6. Our technologies are still very nascent (00:16:27)
7. How long till we're able to catch up? (00:22:30)
202 episodes
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