alt Hacker NewsThe goal seems to be breaking the real-time guidance scammers rely on. 24h probably works, but it feels like a heavy tradeoff for legit users.
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EvanAnderson • last Thursday at 8:23 PM
Capitulating now means next time the terms of the deal will be worse.
budududuroiu • yesterday at 1:37 AM
iOS was supposed to prevent phone theft by making phones brickable through iCloud.
Now, phone thieves just ask you at knifepoint or gunpoint to log out of iCloud
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imhoguy • yesterday at 11:35 AM
They give no shit about safety. The real goal is to break NewPipe or YT Vanced and ads/subscription revenue. Google is advertising company foremost.
Scammers will just start the process and call back the next day. There is an entire genre of scam relying on slowly building rapport and only cashing in once all the way at the end.