Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by azinman2 on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:28PM
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They do receive spam and fraud, but the numbers are orders of magnitude less than every one’s else BECAUSE it’s tied to hardware. I don’t know the details of how’s these guys got around it, but this is bad for the rest of us when phishing skyrockets.
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Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by smt88 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:46AM
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I don't understand what you're talking about. I get far more SMS spam on iOS than I did on Android.
Whether the number uses iMessage or not is totally irrelevant.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by hbn on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @09:17AM
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How can you get more SMS spam on one platform than another? With SMS they're just blindly sending to your phone number, your SIM could be in any device. They don't know what platform you're receiving it on.
Re:Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage Client for Android
by smt88 on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:28AM
(#38546037)
Android is much better at blocking it.
There were also differences in the platforms with how/when your phone number can leak to spammers and data aggregators, although I'm no longer deep enough into mobile OS or related CVEs to know current details.