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		ASalazarMX on June 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SMS phishing is way too easy Meanwhile countries like Congo, Bangladesh, Cambodia, etc. have Yes \| Yes. We need some of that third world SMS protections.

toast0 on June 24, 2022 [–]

I mean, we're protected from SMS from spoofed alphanumeric sender ids. What more do you want?

Probably no nation has protection from spoofed numeric sender ids, but based on the sms phishing attempts I get, that's not a big deal. Apparently people will tap on links from their bank from any number anyway.

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