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Cyber Traps Cyberspace is getting murkier by the day. I shudder to think what senior citizens might be going through on being robbed of their life’s savings by faceless, vicious criminals on the dark web. Smoke & Mirrors: Scammed And Scarred, How Seniors Navigate Cyber Traps is instructive in many ways. The issue is also of social decay than purely a criminal manifestation decoupled from society. Technological empowerment and awareness are one thing, but the more serious issue is the gradual decay of our social institutions. Blinded by greed and desperation, a major section of society is ready to commit crimes. Policing will only be adequate if the society manages to keep the balance of this world by nurturing its members with the required knowledge and wisdom. Senior citizens must also make efforts to update themselves about cyber entrapments staged by criminals to...