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LPT: Reporting Unwanted Texts to SMS Providers Can Be More Effective in stopping SMS spam than replying “STOP” or marking as SPAM – it can get the sender’s privileges revoked for ToS violations if too many people complain

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LPT: Reporting Unwanted Texts to SMS Providers Can Be More Effective in stopping SMS spam than replying “STOP” or marking as SPAM – it can get the sender’s privileges revoked for ToS violations if too many people complain Unwanted SMS texts are actually a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Many of us are getting them lately, and senders don’t realize they’re violating the law. If enough people report these texts, the sender can face serious consequences, including getting kicked off the service (not being able to send SMS any longer). Sim…

Life Pro Tips 629 2024-10-25

Summer of spam

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Summer of spam Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge“Feels like the spam calls are picking up,” my editor said to me today. Yes, it does. A glance through my call log from this week showed one incoming real call and 10 incoming spam calls. We wrote a bunch about this in 2019 — here are some ideas for protecting yourself, and yes, I have chosen the nuclea…

The Verge 170 2023-07-15