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Re:Dear Apple: Add "Disappearing Messages" to iMessage by miloignis on Thursday March 06, 2025 @03:24AM (#43277795)
There's no technical reason that disappearing messages should prevent reporting them though - not only could reports prevent deletion of the reported messages, you could have it such that the other end has to agree/set their own disappearing timeline if someone messages them with disappearing messages on.

On the topic of unsolicited messages though, I prefer to tackle the problem at the source - it shouldn't be possible to message me at all if I haven't given you an invitation to do so, and invitations should be individually revocable. (This would be a big departure from the familiar phone number model, of course)

Re:Dear Apple: Add "Disappearing Messages" to iMessage by ohgr on Thursday March 06, 2025 @03:42AM (#43277889)
It's a bit difficult when you use the technology to run groups of unsolicited people. There is inevitably an inclusion boundary there.

Technical reasons don't trump social and human reasons. There's a compromise somewhere.