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"extremely reduced security" That's such a fun statement. Any security measures taken always remove agency from one person and give it to another. iOS takes my control away, and in turn gives that control to Apple. GrapheneOS takes my control away and gives that to the GrapheneOS developers. The "security" you're talking about doesn't prevent certain data from being accessed, it just changes who controls the access.…
>If the user cannot be trusted with their own data, then there is no solution anyway. They'll just tell their private data to a scammer on the phone instead. Security isn't binary. Putting up barriers makes it harder for scammers to steal money. There's a reason why they exploit malware to steal money, rather than asking their victims to send them crypto directly.
The vast majority of scams literally work by them asking their victims to buy cryptocurrency or gift cards directly. Malware is exceedingly rare.
You know what would really help against scams? Avoid putting people in situations where they need to decide right now or they'll face punishment.
Modern society has created far too many situations where people need to react without being able to think through the consequences.
The only reason scams work is because there are enough actual situations with unnecessary life-or-death decisions.