I think the more important aspect is that people will have 24h to slow down, think, and realize that they are being scammed. Urgency and pressure is one of the top tactics used by scammers.

Scammers will definitely call back the next day to continue. But it is quite possible that by then the victim has realized, or talked to someone who helped them realize that they are being scammed.

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dminik 8 hours ago | parent [-]

There's been some reporting recently where I live about a case of some woman being scammed.

She went to a bank to transfer the scammer money. They told her no. She came back the next day. The police got involved and explained everything to her. Then she came back the next day. After that, she apparently found another location which let her transfer the money.

There's basically zero chance a 24 hour (or any amount of a) cool off period will help these people.

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kevincox 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Just because you have one example of someone who would not realize doesn't mean that the number of people who would realize is zero.

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dminik 8 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not one example. The scammers purposefully target people like these. That's their business.

Like, I'm sure there's a small amount of people who normally wouldn't get scammed but fall for it in a panic. But, is that really such a big concern for Google that they absolutely must continue stripping user freedoms from us? Is the current 30s popup which needs 3 confirmations not enough? Will the new one really work?

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kevincox 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes the most likely to fall are going to be targeted, but if you make that group of people 90% smaller with a delay that is still beneficial.

Whether the feature is beneficial overall is a different story. But helping some people is great even if it doesn't help everyone.

	▲	dminik 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> helping some people is great even if it doesn't help everyone It's kind of funny, but I very much agree with this. It's just in this case, it's hurting everyone (in ways most don't even realize) so that you can help a few people. It's like putting everyone in prison, because some people might commit a crime and this would save some victims. A bit of an overreaction, no?
	▲	johnnyanmac 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm not convinced it's 90% smaller. >Whether the feature is beneficial overall is a different story. It's the entore story in my eyes. Hell paved with good intentions (and I don't even think Google's intentions are good).