| ▲ | silver_sun 7 hours ago |
| > Allow a toggle with no waiting period during initial device setup I like this idea in principle but I think it could become a workaround that the same malicious entities would be willing to exploit, by just coercing their victims to "reset" their phones to access that toggle. |
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| ▲ | Zak 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That wipes all the data on the device and requires logging back in to accounts. It seems to me that's high enough friction to resist most coercion. |
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| ▲ | silver_sun 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Isn't app data, photos etc. usually synced with the Google account? Besides, Google claims that the scammers are using social engineering to create a feeling of panic and urgency, so I think the victim would be willing to reset and log in to the accounts again in such a frame of mind. | | |
| ▲ | Zak 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Some is, some is optional, some isn't. I'm sure there's a hypothetical scenario where someone successfully runs a scam that way, but there's also a hypothetical scenario where a 24 hour wait doesn't succeed at interrupting the scam. | | |
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| ▲ | johnnyanmac 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| None of this is stopping a malicious entity. We keep trying to use tech (poorly thought out tech at that) to solve issues of social engineering. And no one is asking for a solution, either; it's being jammed in for control. |
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| ▲ | thedevilslawyer 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Such a silly statement. Of course tech can solve social engineering problem, we do so every day startign from UX design. This is a good solution to killing urgency. | | |
| ▲ | johnnyanmac 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ux is made for humans. Humans can learn to exploit UX. This is as useless a battle as fighting piracy: you will destroy your product before you solve the problem. |
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