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Is there a way to silence the text messages from unknown numbers? I use the "Silence unknown callers" feature regularly. However, the spammers are making it through on the text messages. I even pay for a subscription from AT&T to filter them and I have a tool from work that filters them, but I still get notified.
iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 14
> I want to block the same notification
I get that, but how is the phone supposed to know that any given message is a spammer if there's no apparent connection to a previous message? The number is the only component it can use.
It's a pretty serious limitation of the SMS protocol that no one thought of when the system was designed. Very similar to the issues with phones and CallerID - which sounds great in principle, but too easy to spoof, and email spam.
> I want to block the same notification
I get that, but how is the phone supposed to know that any given message is a spammer if there's no apparent connection to a previous message? The number is the only component it can use.
It's a pretty serious limitation of the SMS protocol that no one thought of when the system was designed. Very similar to the issues with phones and CallerID - which sounds great in principle, but too easy to spoof, and email spam.
resing wrote:
Is there a way to silence the text messages from unknown numbers? I use the "Silence unknown callers" feature regularly. However, the spammers are making it through on the text messages. I even pay for a subscription from AT&T to filter them and I have a tool from work that filters them, but I still get notified.
Detect and block spam phone calls - Apple Support
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If they can block calls from unknown numbers, why can't they do the same for text messages? If SMS is similar to the issues with callerID, it should work.
You can block the alert/notification that the phone displays when the message comes in. The phone will still receive the message, and it will fall into the Unknown Senders bucket, but at least you won't be (as) disturbed by it.
Just look at any offending message - at the top of the message pane you'll see the sender's number - tap that to see the callback icons (Audio/FaceTime/Info). Under Info is an option to 'Hide Alerts'
Thanks. I want to block the same notification. The spammers rarely use the same number twice. Hiding alerts after the spammers gets through doesn't help me much.
Silence unknown texters?
