Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety

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[–] 15 points 7 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    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!

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