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Given the source, I'm skeptical it's not just a troll, but found this explanation [0] plausible as to why those vague spam text exists. If true, this trolling
by celestialcheese 2y ago
Given the source, I'm skeptical it's not just a troll, but found this explanation [0] plausible as to why those vague spam text exists. If true, this trolling helps the spammers warm those phone numbers up.
0 - https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1867029883387580571 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1867029883387580571
- stogot 2y agoWhy does STOP work here?
- celestialcheese 2y agohttps://x.com/nikitabier/status/1867069169256308766 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1867069169256308766 Again, no clue if this is true, but it seems plausible.
- inerte 2y agoCarriers and SMS service providers (like Twillio) obey that, no matter what service is behind. There are stories of people replying STOP to spam, then never getting a legit SMS because the number was re-used by another service. That's because it's being blocked between the spammer and the phone.
- yawgmoth 2y agoSTOP works thanks to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), which offers consumers spam protections and senders a framework on how to behave. (Edit: It's relevant that STOP didn't come from the TCPA itself, but definitely has teeth due to it) https://www.infobip.com/blog/a-guide-to-global-sms-compliance-laws https://www.infobip.com/blog/a-guide-to-global-sms-complianc...