Rose56 to Canada@lemmy.ca • 2 months agoCanadians alarmed by text messages asking their vote preference. Then their postal code. Then their namewww.cbc.camessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10
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minus-square@Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish53•2 months agoForward to 7726, then delete the message. https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en/blogs/reporting-spam-text-messages-7726
minus-square@Albbi@lemmy.calinkfedilink11•2 months 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.