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Re:Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lo... by stronglikedan on Friday October 23, 2026 @10:23AM (#50209594)
> I think the 24h cooldown is an excellent compromise

I don't. An hour would make the same point and provide the same level of protection. So would clicking through a few screens with very simple and easy to understand warning messages about the risk of scams. Sure, it's a compromise, but it's pretty much the opposite of excellent.

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Re:Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lo... by aembleton on Friday October 23, 2026 @11:53AM (#50211028)
A scammer would stay on the phone for an hour so they don't talk to anyone else about it. A few screens would be ignored.

24 hours might not be enough, and there is a risk that a scammer gets a user to go into developer mode and then calls back a few days later to try and 'fix the issue' or something. At least in 24 hours the victim might talk to someone about it and then find they're being scammed.

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