Extremists texts

I don’t know why but I keep getting texts from different numbers regarding very extreme beliefs and politics.

I have no idea why.

I’m reporting and blocking.

It’s kind of freaking me out

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This is pretty common. It is dirt cheap to blast texts around and the odds are your number is on the Net.

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That’s scary… Just ignore and don’t get sucked into that B.S

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I’m trying really hard to stay logical in all of this. It’s not easy

Yeah, I’m not an extremist for sure

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I hear you. Perhaps set your phone to reject texts from numbers not in your address book already?

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Oh! Good idea! Thanks @shutterbug !

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@shutterbug , so it turns out I can’t block unknown numbers, I can only stop from getting notifications

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I’m getting political texts too. I responded with STOP in a few of them and haven’t gotten one in a few days.

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I tried stop and blocking but I just get new ones from different numbers

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Yeah, I wouldn’t read too deep into it. Unfortunately in our country’s political landscape extremism is the norm for a lot of people.

If you have a smart phone you can set your settings to where any spam text or call will be rejected and filed away as spam.

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That’s what happened to me, but it’s been quiet. Well, after you wrote that, maybe it’s just a coincidence that they’re quiet.

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Maybe there was some sort of data leak recently?

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Can you ask your phone company to block unknown numbers for you?

Can you pay a security service to block for you?

Hope you are ok.:pray:t4::tulip:

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I don’t think the phone companies do that @SacredNeigh7 .

I have to do what I can from my phone itself.

I’m ok, just weirded out and a little extra paranoid from it

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Don’t be paranoid…
It’s spam…

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This number sharing method must be changed to some thing simple and secure ! :thinking:

As 10 digit number system is so old and not traceable who is sharing what and with whom.

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I used to get a lot of political texts but then I kept responding that I was going to vote for myself.

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I get random people messaging me on telegram, I don’t know if you are referring to telegram… but I don’t know why im getting so many. It’s not extremists, but random people trying to contact me who I don’t know. I just block them.

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@Airparticle Lol!

@Milly , what is telegram? I’m referring to text messages I receive on my cell phone.

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