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Bouncer (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bouncer-text-messages-blocker/id1457476313 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bouncer-text-messages-blocker/... / https://gith

Bouncer (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bouncer-text-messages-blocker/id1457476313 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bouncer-text-messages-blocker/... / https://github.com/afterxleep/Bouncer https://github.com/afterxleep/Bouncer) is a free and open source SMS filtering app that has saved my sanity over the past couple of years. You need to manually set up filters, but once you do, the amount of political spam drops to 0. It uses iOS’s SMS Filtering framework, which does the filtering in a privacy-preserving way: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering/ https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_repor...

the_clarence 2y ago
Is there an equivalent for android?
- autoexec 2y ago
  there's a nice app with the same name, but it doesn't do the same thing. It auto-removes permissions from apps
elboru 2y ago
> For privacy reasons, the system handles all communication with your associated server; your Message Filter app extension can’t access the network directly. Thanks for the documentation link, I was uneasy about using this type of extension.
daheza 2y ago
This is not free and cost $2.99
dehrmann 2y ago
It's 2024 and smart phones don't do out-of-the-box spam filtering?
- samatman 2y ago
  They do, but it's important to realize here that there is, in fact, a small demographic who actually want to get that political spam. So messages like that are going to get through the automated spam filter. I suppose they could bundle a more advanced rules-based system, but since there's an API for user apps to do it, why not leave the job up to them?
ianschmitz 2y ago
Are there any rules that folks find really effective? It doesn’t come with any out of the box.
dbmnt 2y ago
This modal pops up when you enable Bouncer on iOS 18: "The developer of 'Bouncer' will receive the text, attachments, and sender information in SMS and MMS messages from senders not in your Contacts. Messages may include personal or sensitive information like bank verification codes." This doesn't scream "privacy preserving".

the_clarence 2y ago

Is there an equivalent for android?

autoexec 2y ago
there's a nice app with the same name, but it doesn't do the same thing. It auto-removes permissions from apps

elboru 2y ago

> For privacy reasons, the system handles all communication with your associated server; your Message Filter app extension can’t access the network directly. Thanks for the documentation link, I was uneasy about using this type of extension.

daheza 2y ago

This is not free and cost $2.99

dehrmann 2y ago

It's 2024 and smart phones don't do out-of-the-box spam filtering?

samatman 2y ago
They do, but it's important to realize here that there is, in fact, a small demographic who actually want to get that political spam. So messages like that are going to get through the automated spam filter. I suppose they could bundle a more advanced rules-based system, but since there's an API for user apps to do it, why not leave the job up to them?

ianschmitz 2y ago

Are there any rules that folks find really effective? It doesn’t come with any out of the box.

dbmnt 2y ago

This modal pops up when you enable Bouncer on iOS 18: "The developer of 'Bouncer' will receive the text, attachments, and sender information in SMS and MMS messages from senders not in your Contacts. Messages may include personal or sensitive information like bank verification codes." This doesn't scream "privacy preserving".