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edent 4 hours ago

Android could have, for example, a 24 hour "cooling off" period for sideloading approval. Much like some bootloader unlocking - make it subject to a delay.

That immediately takes the pressure off people who are being told that their bank details are at immediate risk.

cesarb 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Android could have, for example, a 24 hour "cooling off" period for sideloading approval.

And, to prevent the scammer from simply calling back once the 24 hours are gone, make it show a couple of warnings (at random times so they can't be predicted by the scammer) explaining the issue, with rejecting these warnings making the cooling off timer reset (so a new attempt to enable would need another full 24 hours).

hattmall 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The people gullible enough to fall for a scam like that are also gullible enough to follow more instructions 24 hours later. I think if you could force a call to the phone and have an agent or even AI that talks to user and makes sure no scam is involved then gives an unlock code based on deviceID or something. But that would cost money and scammers would work around it anyway.