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
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
This is pretty common. It is dirt cheap to blast texts around and the odds are your number is on the Net.
That’s scary… Just ignore and don’t get sucked into that B.S
I’m trying really hard to stay logical in all of this. It’s not easy
Yeah, I’m not an extremist for sure
I hear you. Perhaps set your phone to reject texts from numbers not in your address book already?
Oh! Good idea! Thanks @shutterbug !
@shutterbug , so it turns out I can’t block unknown numbers, I can only stop from getting notifications
I’m getting political texts too. I responded with STOP in a few of them and haven’t gotten one in a few days.
I tried stop and blocking but I just get new ones from different numbers
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.
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.
Maybe there was some sort of data leak recently?
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.
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
Don’t be paranoid…
It’s spam…
This number sharing method must be changed to some thing simple and secure !
As 10 digit number system is so old and not traceable who is sharing what and with whom.
I used to get a lot of political texts but then I kept responding that I was going to vote for myself.
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.
@Airparticle Lol!
@Milly , what is telegram? I’m referring to text messages I receive on my cell phone.