Re:The Facebook phone numbers are now searchable in Have I B...
by darcien on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:40AM
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My deepest condolences.
I think it's pretty hard to stop incoming spam when the number itself has been made public.
The only options I know would be:
a. Play whack and mole, report the number to the authority in your country that handles this kind of spam activity.
b. Use some kind of mobile application that filter out the spam SMS. This one is kinda hit and miss, since the number data is coming from community reports, so some spam might pass the filter. And there might be some false positives from the spam filter.
I also would like to hear if there's alternative solution for this problem, other than changing the phone number itself.
I think it's pretty hard to stop incoming spam when the number itself has been made public.
The only options I know would be: a. Play whack and mole, report the number to the authority in your country that handles this kind of spam activity. b. Use some kind of mobile application that filter out the spam SMS. This one is kinda hit and miss, since the number data is coming from community reports, so some spam might pass the filter. And there might be some false positives from the spam filter.
I also would like to hear if there's alternative solution for this problem, other than changing the phone number itself.