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Are any of those examples really only convincing if they can vibrate the phone? Surely a scam that just involved that fake call screen while playing a fake ring
by AshleysBrain 13y ago
Are any of those examples really only convincing if they can vibrate the phone? Surely a scam that just involved that fake call screen while playing a fake ringtone would be more or less just as effective? I can't imagine it's a lot of people who wouldn't be fooled because they think "oh, it's fake, it's not vibrating" who would suddenly be fooled by this.
- Qworg 13y agoI think the vibrate would catch people who aren't really looking at their phone and the x% of people who don't know how to really use their phone.
- michaelmior 13y agoI think the percentage of people browsing the Web while not looking at their phone is pretty low. I'm also not sure how the vibration would convince people who don't know how to use their phone. I would suspect this group would require less effort to manipulate.
- tlarkworthy 13y agonot many people click legitimate ads. but a low enough percentage do, to make marginal gains in their effectiveness highly sought after I suspect malware works the same. It costs little to deploy, so even if 1 in 10,000 people are fooled, it can be lucrative.
- michaelmior 13y agoMy point was that I don't think the vibration would make much of a difference. But you're right that a small gain in the effectiveness could be worthwhile.
- freehunter 13y agoHow many people only have their phones on vibrate and are used to feeling a phone call come in versus hearing/seeing it? Many professional workers would have their phones set up this way. A sudden absence of vibration would just feel weird.