Spam texts have quietly become one of the most effective tools for scammers, blurring the line between annoying marketing and ...

They say that replying "STOP" will get the texts to cease. But it can often make things worse. Here's a better way to staunch ...

If you get an urgent text message about a package, it's probably a scam. Here's how to tell, and how to avoid getting suckered.

Users are pnce again getting texts from the "DMV" and "MVC" warning them of outstanding traffic tickets and threatening ...

Do not send anything back–not questions as to the sender’s identity, and not requests to remove you from their list.

Microsoft announced that security administrators will soon be able to block external users from sending messages, calls, or meeting invitations to members of their organization via Teams. The new ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

The Singapore government has ordered Apple to crack down on the spread of fake government messages on iMessage, in a bid to cut down the amount of scams. Text message scams have been around for many ...

Democratic Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands defended her text messages with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a CNN interview Wednesday. In response to backlash and a ...

SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab will block Australian users under 16 from accessing Instagram, Facebook and Threads by December 10 to comply with the country’s sweeping social ...

The average human receives two hundred and seventy text messages a day. Sounds crazy, right? I hope so, because I made that number up. But here’s a fact: it’s impossible to answer every text that you ...