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A comment on Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcut for iOS 12.

Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by thedangler on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:50AM (#18494141)
How does "send selfie to a contact" work when the user physically has to press send for imessages? As far as I'm aware you cannot get iOS to send SMS's or iMessages on behalf of the user.
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Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by shrtctroulette on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:05AM (#18494264)
In this case, I've chosen to have all the messages show up with the user having to confirm with the send button. However, this isn't necessary for all information. I've built a shortcut that can take contact data, put it in a message, and send it to a predetermined number without a preview showing.

here it is: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a62bc8f849ff4534a4a77812302...

(it sends to a dummy number)

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Re:Show HN: Shortcut Roulette – Dangerous, unhelpful shortcu... by speg on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:14AM (#18494330)
Shortcuts can send messages without any user interaction. However I think there is an exception if you are attaching an image; for privacy reasons.
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