spamming
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You Need to Know About ‘Recovery’ Scams
So you’ve just discovered you were scammed out of $US1,000 ($1,388). You are feeling emotional and upset, and understandably so. You post about it on Twitter, notifying your friends and family so they don’t become a target of the same scammer. Then, out of the blue, you are contacted by a “recovery agent” claiming they…
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How Life Is Better Without Notifications
Notifications have gotten out of control. What started as a necessary means to keep tabs on important updates from apps and services has spiraled into a tangled mess of spam and unnecessary alerts, by default. We can’t do anything on our smartphones without being interrupted by notification after notification, with the same being true on…
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You Should Be Filtering Your iMessages
iOS 16 is filled with plenty of major features, but there are smaller changes as well — like the return of your battery percentage, and an option to enable haptic feedback on the stock iPhone keyboard for the first time. But one thing lost in all the news is the addition to Messages’ Filters feature.
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Why You Should Change Your Phone Number
When is the last time you got a new phone number? Chances are good you’re rocking the same one you were assigned when you bought your first device, whenever that was, and have ported it from one phone to another over the years. These days telcos are happy to let you keep your number if…