The person who had my number before me was apparently bad at even attempting to manage privacy, I get spam calls and texts for them pretty regularly. I had one scammer in particular get so angry with me that he hung up on me after 20 minutes of hassling me. Whatever group he worked with proceeded to harass me with over 100 calls in the next three days. It's gone back to a more "normal" level of spam but, lately, I'm getting shortlinks to payday loan sites.
I know how to report the SMS to my carrier, the FTC, and the FCC. I can report the shortlink to the shortening service and it immediately gets taken down.
The problem is that my phone has already "followed" the link and it shows up as a click. I can tell because the info page for the shortlink always shows a click from Chrome on Android.
I'm using Messenger and I'd prefer not to switch but I suppose I'm willing if it's the only option. There's a part of me that wants to use Verizon's messaging app because of its ability to text over Wifi and sync to the web client as well but it appears to have the same issue as Messenger and it's ugly as sin.
I'm using a Nexus 5X with stock Android.
I know how to report the SMS to my carrier, the FTC, and the FCC. I can report the shortlink to the shortening service and it immediately gets taken down.
The problem is that my phone has already "followed" the link and it shows up as a click. I can tell because the info page for the shortlink always shows a click from Chrome on Android.
I'm using Messenger and I'd prefer not to switch but I suppose I'm willing if it's the only option. There's a part of me that wants to use Verizon's messaging app because of its ability to text over Wifi and sync to the web client as well but it appears to have the same issue as Messenger and it's ugly as sin.
I'm using a Nexus 5X with stock Android.
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