3

Apple's Junk Message Reporting Now Covers SMS for Select U.S Carriers in iOS 16

 2 years ago
source link: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-junk-message-reporting-now-covers-sms-for-select-u-s-carriers-in-ios-16.2348946/
Go to the source link to view the article. You can view the picture content, updated content and better typesetting reading experience. If the link is broken, please click the button below to view the snapshot at that time.
neoserver,ios ssh client

Apple's Junk Message Reporting Now Covers SMS for Select U.S Carriers in iOS 16

MacRumors

macrumors bot

Original poster

Apr 12, 2001 56,919 19,748
With the second iOS 16 beta, Apple is expanding the built-in "Report Junk" feature in the Messages app to cover SMS/MMS messages, allowing spam messages to be reported to select carriers in the United States.
report-junk-message-ios-16.jpg
If you long press on an SMS/MMS message in the Unknown Senders section of the Messages app in iOS 16, you can select the "Report Junk" option. Using this option lets you report a message as junk, sending it to Apple and Verizon and deleting the message.

"Report Junk" was previously available for iMessage, with junk iMessages able to be reported to Apple, but the new option also covers SMS/MMS messages and makes it easier to report spam directly to carriers.

Article Link: Apple's Junk Message Reporting Now Covers SMS for Select U.S Carriers in iOS 16
Reactions: GalileoSeven

itsnandy

macrumors newbie
Apr 28, 2022
Finally! Others and I have been part of awful group spam messages and hoping this will end it.

macsplusmacs

macrumors 68000
Nov 23, 2014 1,540 7,030
Bravo!!! will use like crazy

senohpoxas88

macrumors member
Jan 9, 2009 Chicago, IL
Do we know which carriers have this? It would be great to at least mention which of the big carriers have this
Reactions: pbrey1017 and xmach

contacos

macrumors 68000
Nov 11, 2020 1,882 7,161 Mexico City living in Berlin
I am still shocked that this is even a thing every time I get a prepaid SIM card abroad. I legit have never received a spam or service text in Germany. As soon as I activate my Mexican sim it’s DING DING DING. EVERY DAY. When I was in Miami, I kept getting calls from Cuba too 😅

Xaositek

macrumors member
Mar 6, 2005 Missouri
Just took advantage of it! Carrier is Verizon, iOS 16 beta 2 - reported an SMS as junk immediately.

kc9hzn

macrumors 6502a
Jun 18, 2020
That’ll be good. I already make it a point to report junk SMSs through my provider’s reporting mechanism, but it can be a pain to forward the message and type out the number. It’s even worse when the spam SMS came through the carrier’s email to SMS gateway.

AT&T did recently simplify the process some if it came in via said gateway, but it’s not nearly as easy as this, since it’s a one button press, and it’s a button that’s already there. So I’m genuinely excited about this.

JosephAW

macrumors 601
May 14, 2012 4,710 5,784
Apple needs to hide whether a number is part of iMessage until after a user replies or blocks and reports it as junk.
I can type in a phone number and it turns blue right away before I send it.
Reactions: xmach

ghanwani

macrumors 68040
Dec 8, 2008 3,472 3,941
About time. I had filed a request for this feature.

I wish this could be done via a swipe left from the message list without having to open the message.
Last edited: Today at 2:03 PM
Reactions: xmach

CarAnalogy

macrumors regular
Jun 9, 2021
All I really wanted to see out of this year's WWDC was some attention paid to the Phone app. It's embarrassing now how far they are lagging behind Google in terms of junk call protection.

Really need something more effective than "silence unknown callers" which I have to leave on all the time, because despite there being a plugin for it, I've never seen any of the carrier apps that claim to block junk calls, ever even once block or even show caller ID for an unknown number.

kc9hzn

macrumors 6502a
Jun 18, 2020
Sounds a lot easier than having to forward the text to 7726 (SPAM) like I've been doing: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-recognize-and-report-spam-text-messages#report
I typically report it to my carrier, I figure that they’ve got systems for controlling spam SMSs that go over their network the same way email providers have control over the email coming into their network. So, while reporting it to the FTC might help investigations, reporting it to the carrier might get those messages to stop. I also like to use VeroSMS to filter out messages, but my phone likes to offload the app (because I rarely need to open it), then I suddenly start getting more spam SMS messages.
Reactions: FightTheFuture

Sakurambo-kun

macrumors 6502a
Oct 30, 2015 UK
It's not just the US. I reported a text message as spam today and I'm in the UK. My network is Three, which barely works at the best of times so colour me surprised that they allow this feature.

kc9hzn

macrumors 6502a
Jun 18, 2020
All I really wanted to see out of this year's WWDC was some attention paid to the Phone app. It's embarrassing now how far they are lagging behind Google in terms of junk call protection.
You might see if your carrier has a junk call protection app on the App Store. I’m an AT&T user, and I find their Call Protect app to be at least mildly helpful.

beermode

macrumors regular
Apr 18, 2016
This will be welcome. I didn't know spam/junk texts were this prevalent until I left TMO to ATT. Now I'm thinking TMO was really good at saving me from spam.
Reactions: FightTheFuture

nutmac

macrumors 603
Mar 30, 2004 5,561 5,763
Apple should take it further and create a ML-based spam/scam detection for iMessage, SMS/MMS, email, Calendar subscriptions, VPN profile, voice calls, and FaceTime calls.
Reactions: nwcs

KaliYoni

macrumors 6502a
Feb 19, 2016 1,826
Both the supply side (spammers) and the demand side (people who spend money on whatever spammers are flacking) depress me.

PT Barnum lives.
Reactions: beermode

Wildkraut

macrumors 68030
Nov 8, 2015 2,692 4,824 Germany
Why not simply add an option to block messages or phone calls from hidden or unknown numbers? Almost all mobile phone OS‘s from early y2k had this.

antiprotest

macrumors 68020
Apr 19, 2010 2,195 3,751
A decade late. Right on schedule for basic features from Apple.
Reactions: FightTheFuture

Unregistered 4U

macrumors 603
Jul 22, 2002 6,426 4,370
Apple should take it further and create a ML-based spam/scam detection for iMessage, SMS/MMS, email, Calendar subscriptions, VPN profile, voice calls, and FaceTime calls.
That would mean an aggregation of all the messages being received by all iPhone users, and capturing patterns from that. This is one of those things that Google is absolutely best suited for as aggregating user data is what the exist to do. This (and other things) are in those areas that Apple COULD do if they were ok with querying and aggregating user data.

The best they could do would be to perform on-device analysis which, of course, doesn’t allow protection from messages that others have gotten that a particular user hasn’t gotten yet.
Reactions: xmach
Do we know which carriers have this? It would be great to at least mention which of the big carriers have this
That's my question as well, this article only mentions Verizon.
Reactions: xmach

ARanieri01

macrumors newbie
May 14, 2021
add GOOGLE PIXEL BEST FEATURE which is google call screening ?
and make this feature available also in Italy and Europe, not just US
i’m surprised this has not been done on iphone which are better on the privacy aspect

Spaceboi Scaphandre

macrumors member
Jun 8, 2022
Finally

Now give us RCS for iMessage so life for talking to my green text friends isn't a chore.
Reactions: CarAnalogy

report

Recommend

About Joyk


Aggregate valuable and interesting links.
Joyk means Joy of geeK