Joker to TechnologyEnglish • 16 hours agoGoogle not required to refund victims of gift card scams, judge ruleswww.courthousenews.commessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down11
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish130•16 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-squareNougatlinkfedilink33•15 hours ago“Someone tricked me into giving them a $20 bill, IT’S THE FAULT OF THE US MINT!!”
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.