Rose56 to Canada · 1 month agoCanadians alarmed by text messages asking their vote preference. Then their postal code. Then their namewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down10
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minus-squareLemmyoutofherelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 month agoForward to 7726, then delete the message. https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en/blogs/reporting-spam-text-messages-7726
minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoI did not know this, thanks!
minus-squareAlbbilinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoOn my Pixel with Google Messages as my default SMS, if I report a text it automatically forwards the message to 7726. Every time I report a message I get a response from 7726 saying “Thank you for reporting…” blah blah blah.
Forward to 7726, then delete the message.
https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en/blogs/reporting-spam-text-messages-7726
I did not know this, thanks!
On my Pixel with Google Messages as my default SMS, if I report a text it automatically forwards the message to 7726. Every time I report a message I get a response from 7726 saying “Thank you for reporting…” blah blah blah.