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Was going to comment, anecdotal but I'm 24 and I absolutely prefer texting people with iMessage. It's also a slight verification in some situations — if I were
by lowkey_ 5y ago
Was going to comment, anecdotal but I'm 24 and I absolutely prefer texting people with iMessage.
It's also a slight verification in some situations — if I were to get someone's number from a dating app, or chat with someone from Facebook Marketplace and the message was green, I'd be much more hesitant to message them.
It's a negative signal to me if it's green, as they may be using a Google Voice number or any other fake number system. This isn't to say someone couldn't have a burner iPhone, but it's way more effort than simply having a Google Voice number, and I haven't encountered that.
- wffurr 5y agoWhat? All 30% of smartphone users with Android in the US are scammers? I use a Google Voice number as my primary number and have for over ten years.
- other_herbert 5y agoYeah but if you see blue you have way more confidence that you are talking to a real person…
- lowkey_ 5y agoThe statement isn't "most Android users are scammers," but "most scammers use Android." I personally would be less likely to respond from a dating app or marketplace app in particular. Google Voice numbers are less traceable and more easily replaceable, which makes them more viable for scammers.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoI don't fully understand this line of thinking. The vast, vast majority of Android users do not use Google Voice. They just have a different phone operating system than your phone. I mean, your preferences are your own, and if you prefer to only date iPhone users, that's weird, but you're entitled. I am just struggling to understand the Google Voice connection here.
- lowkey_ 5y agoI was addressing the specific commenter who uses Google Voice, but to use the comment prior to that: > It's a negative signal to me if it's green, as they may be using a Google Voice number or any other fake number system. I'm not implying the vast majority of "green-bubble numbers" are Google Voice rather than Android phones, but that there is no verification they are not Google Voice numbers. I'm not trying to be elitist at all; there's just a verification that happens with an iPhone texting another iPhone of (1) this is a real phone number, and (2) this isn't a cheap burner flip-phone someone just bought. When interacting with strangers from the internet, that verification is important!
- rsync 5y ago" ... but that there is no verification they are not Google Voice numbers ..." This isn't unknowable ... why don't you just check ? curl -s -X GET "https://lookups.twilio.com/v1/PhoneNumbers/$number?Type=carrier&Type=caller-name" -u $accountsid:$authtoken | /usr/local/bin/jq '.' ... or, if you're non-technical, just use mycarrierlookup.tv or checkcarrier.estonia or whatever ... there are 20 or more such sites extant.
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- jdavis703 5y agoI don’t think I’ve ever gotten a spam iMessage, but I get at least one green message from a spammer daily. And I doubt they’re using Android, it’s probably Twilio or other sketchier telecom providers. This is ultimately a problem because regular SMS has zero authentication, whereas I iMessage is essentially walled off to legit users by the telephone carriers and Apple.
- th5 5y agoI’ve NEVER gotten a spam or phish from a blue bubble. 100% are green. Green could be any type of source. Android, Twilio, google voice, who knows. But if a random number comes in and it’s green, more often than not it’s spam. If it’s blue, more often then not there’s a real person behind it.