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don't let google alter the deal
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this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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Google is "only" locking you out of using your phone for 24 hours...
For extra security, let's make it a week. Let's make it a month. Let's make it a year.
It's a holding period so a phone scammer can't be on the phone with you or over a live chat having you enable and install what they want right away. You're kind of an idiot if you can't see that it would work. Cry me a river if you have to wait a day before installing some of your shit.
wtf
Of course it wouldn't work.
Do you think putting a 24 h lock on your grandma's front door will prevent scammers from coming in?
No. No it won't. Any good scammer will be organized enough to start the scam and release the lock, then return after the timeout to finosh the job.
Do you think people vulnerable to scams will magically notice the scam in 24 hours?
Also, do you think most scams use sideloaded apps? Amazon gift cards are an easier vector. There's also premium SMS.
Modern scams have nothing to do with security. They prey on people who fall for them. No security measure, save for a trusted friend telling them it's a scam will work.
What this is is a thinly-veiled attempt to lock users out of using their own devices and to strenghten a slowly-crumbling ecosystem.
Yes, I know it will help prevent it. I've seen it happen in real time. You have time to think if it sounds suspicious after you get off a phone. You have time to decide to call your bank and ask. A lot of times scammers will pretend it's to help a family member in trouble and they need the money immediately, but now the person has time to call others in the family and discover it was all a lie.
You obviously don't know how easy it is to pressure people in the moment, and how much harder it is to do after they aren't under an instant time constraint. Hell, I used to work in sales and I've done it. People do illogical things when they're caught up in the moment. I know 100% this will prevent some people from being scammed.