“Scammers rely on manufactured urgency, so this breaks their spell and gives you time to think.” - Are these scams actually a real thing? I’ve never heard of such a thing happening, but I’m not well connected to things like people and their experiences.
it strikes me as another manufactured concern, to justify their malignent ambitions
It definitely is a thing, especially for the elderly. I’m not sure what percentage of scams are done that way, but it’s much easier to scam someone if they don’t have a chance to think much about what’s happening.
That being said, most of the scams I know of that do this don’t ask you to install an app on your phone. They just ask personal questions or for login details or something like that
most of the scams I know of that do this don’t ask you to install an app on your phone
ok, so what has blocking ‘unverified’ developers got to do with protecting people from scams, then? To be clear, I’m not asking if scams exist, I’m asking if scams that ask people to install dodgy apps exist. I’m extremely sceptical about this part!
Pig Butchering scams typically would rely on an app for the the “investing” portion of the scam. They use apps that are in the google play store, because that comes with a belief of some level of (completely false) security and legitimacy for people that don’t know better which makes people more likely to believe it is a real investing app and not a trap.
Edit: I’m not aware of any of them trying to get people to side-load apps. The average scammer is likely not able to go through the hoops required to get a random person to successfully side-load an app on Android… I am fully against this move from google on all levels, the idea that it is for security is a blatant lie. Google is doing this for control over our devices. Android, by default, blocks side-loading already without going deep into settings to enable “install unknown apps”.
“Scammers rely on manufactured urgency, so this breaks their spell and gives you time to think.” - Are these scams actually a real thing? I’ve never heard of such a thing happening, but I’m not well connected to things like people and their experiences.
it strikes me as another manufactured concern, to justify their malignent ambitions
It definitely is a thing, especially for the elderly. I’m not sure what percentage of scams are done that way, but it’s much easier to scam someone if they don’t have a chance to think much about what’s happening.
That being said, most of the scams I know of that do this don’t ask you to install an app on your phone. They just ask personal questions or for login details or something like that
ok, so what has blocking ‘unverified’ developers got to do with protecting people from scams, then? To be clear, I’m not asking if scams exist, I’m asking if scams that ask people to install dodgy apps exist. I’m extremely sceptical about this part!
Pig Butchering scams typically would rely on an app for the the “investing” portion of the scam. They use apps that are in the google play store, because that comes with a belief of some level of (completely false) security and legitimacy for people that don’t know better which makes people more likely to believe it is a real investing app and not a trap.
Edit: I’m not aware of any of them trying to get people to side-load apps. The average scammer is likely not able to go through the hoops required to get a random person to successfully side-load an app on Android… I am fully against this move from google on all levels, the idea that it is for security is a blatant lie. Google is doing this for control over our devices. Android, by default, blocks side-loading already without going deep into settings to enable “install unknown apps”.