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The real question is: why haven't OS manufacturers (okay, namely iOS), recognized that there is spam in texts and bring the same mechanisms we have to fight spa
by teeray 2y ago
The real question is: why haven't OS manufacturers (okay, namely iOS), recognized that there is spam in texts and bring the same mechanisms we have to fight spam in email? Why can't I simply create a keyword filter for all of the current political candidates' names and auto-delete any campaign texts?
- samuelg123 2y agoiOS exposes an API for this Here’s a local keyword filtering app that works great: https://github.com/afterxleep/Bouncer https://github.com/afterxleep/Bouncer
- elboru 2y agoI use Bouncer, but this should be a functionality given by iOS, I don't feel comfortable giving a third party app access to read my messages.
- sodality2 2y agoIt doesn't give the app access to read your messages. The MessageFilter extension that actually handles filtering cannot communicate with any other part of the code nor the network. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_repor...