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by dminik 90 days ago
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 90 days ago
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.

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dminik 90 days ago
> 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?

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johnnyanmac 89 days ago
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).

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