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hypeateilast Thursday at 6:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'll say it again: this isn't a problem for Android to solve. Scammers will naturally adapt their "processes" to account for this 24-hour requirement and IMO it might make it seem more legitimate to the victim because there's less urgency.

The onus of protecting people's wealth should fall on the bank / institution who manages that persons wealth.

Nevertheless, this solution is better than ID verification for devs.


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limagnolialast Thursday at 7:32 PM

Why should the bank/institution be responsible for protecting individuals from themselves? They don't have police power- protecting people from bad actors is like, the reason to have a state. If the state wishes to farm it out to third parties, then we don't need the state anymore!

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EvanAndersonlast Thursday at 8:26 PM

> I'll say it again: this isn't a problem for Android to solve.

They're not solving that problem. They're using it as an excuse to lock down the platform further and assume more control. Any incidental benefit for user "security" is an unintended consequence of their real agenda.