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Endless political spam texts are infuriating enough even for the mentally fit. I actively advise people against making political donations now unless they're ex
by crooked-v 2y ago
Endless political spam texts are infuriating enough even for the mentally fit. I actively advise people against making political donations now unless they're extremely careful about it, because they will be hounded by political groups for literally the rest of their lives (literally literally, not figuratively literally) if they ever share any kind of contact information.
- Animats 2y agoSTOP seems to work.
- SoftTalker 2y agoI believe it's legally required to?
- Animats 2y agoThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act applies only to "commercial" messages. Political ads are technically exempt, as a free speech issue. But because political ads go out via the usual SMS spam services, STOP usually works anyway. The services don't want their outgoing lines blocked.
- water-data-dude 2y agoThis year when I checked my voter registration I noticed that the “phone number” field in my profile was not marked as required, and there was a little info icon that said “this is public information” when I clicked on it. I removed my phone number and the number of text messages diminished (not all the way, but noticeably better). Not a magic bullet, but worth checking.
- altruios 2y agoWhat's the difference between a scam text posing as a political fundraising text and a political fundraising text in appearance? How do you know any of the political fundraising texts with weird links are legitimate? That's the neat part: you don't.