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Nice to know I can burn anyone's account who is in my contact list.

marakv2 6y ago
This. Go burn as many contacts as possible, and if a wide enough group you will see the company change its policies. Otherwise, well we're the product most of the time. (yes even apple messages, all your friends are there!)
- srswtf123 6y ago
  This makes a strong case for determining the contact details of the Apple executives, and reporting them all as spam.
  - amelius 6y ago
    They will just end up on the whitelist, if they aren't already.
- sorbits 6y ago
  As you can only report messages you receive, and you probably need to report them many times before it has an effect, you are limited to hurting people you are in frequent contact with. So seems a little self destructive.
  - vincnetas 6y ago
    You can spoof sender phone number.
    - sorbits 6y ago
      Apple’s reputation system seems limited to iMessages, not regular text messages. At least I only get the option to “report as junk” for iMessages (that are sent by people not in my contacts).
    - Siira 6y ago
      Without paying money to shady services? How so?
mortenjorck 6y ago
The entire premise of the spam-reporting feature seems misguided given the prevalence of number spoofing among scammers.
- closeparen 6y ago
  This is iMessage. You have to prove you own a phone number to send iMessages from it.
  - paranoidrobot 6y ago
    I wonder if the same flow applies to text messages, since as I understand it - they're all integrated. The thing I'm thinking of it: 1. Find the number of $AppleEmployee 2. Spoof a text message from $AppleEmployee to yourself. 3. Report that as spam. Would 3 even work, and if so - would it have any impact on that employee's Apple account.
    - brongondwana 6y ago
      Don't even spoof - just text them a "hey Bob, really sorry to hear that your mother got cancer - please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the family - I'm in the area tomorrow". Chances of a "sorry, wrong number" response are fairly high. Report that as spam and it will have all the legit traffic flow on it.
      - lozaning 6y ago
        I really hope their spam algorithm is able to take into consideration who messages first.
        brongondwana 6y ago
        Oh ye of little^Wexcess faith.
        Siira 6y ago
        Telegram does at least.

This. Go burn as many contacts as possible, and if a wide enough group you will see the company change its policies. Otherwise, well we're the product most of the time. (yes even apple messages, all your friends are there!)

srswtf123 6y ago
This makes a strong case for determining the contact details of the Apple executives, and reporting them all as spam.
- amelius 6y ago
  They will just end up on the whitelist, if they aren't already.
sorbits 6y ago
As you can only report messages you receive, and you probably need to report them many times before it has an effect, you are limited to hurting people you are in frequent contact with. So seems a little self destructive.
- vincnetas 6y ago
  You can spoof sender phone number.
  - sorbits 6y ago
    Apple’s reputation system seems limited to iMessages, not regular text messages. At least I only get the option to “report as junk” for iMessages (that are sent by people not in my contacts).
  - Siira 6y ago
    Without paying money to shady services? How so?

mortenjorck 6y ago

The entire premise of the spam-reporting feature seems misguided given the prevalence of number spoofing among scammers.

closeparen 6y ago
This is iMessage. You have to prove you own a phone number to send iMessages from it.
- paranoidrobot 6y ago
  I wonder if the same flow applies to text messages, since as I understand it - they're all integrated. The thing I'm thinking of it: 1. Find the number of $AppleEmployee 2. Spoof a text message from $AppleEmployee to yourself. 3. Report that as spam. Would 3 even work, and if so - would it have any impact on that employee's Apple account.
  - brongondwana 6y ago
    Don't even spoof - just text them a "hey Bob, really sorry to hear that your mother got cancer - please let me know if there's anything I can do to help the family - I'm in the area tomorrow". Chances of a "sorry, wrong number" response are fairly high. Report that as spam and it will have all the legit traffic flow on it.
    - lozaning 6y ago
      I really hope their spam algorithm is able to take into consideration who messages first.
      - brongondwana 6y ago
        Oh ye of little^Wexcess faith.
      - Siira 6y ago
        Telegram does at least.