Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
If you get a text from a friend or someone in your list of contacts, their name pops up, making it easy to know who is sending a message. But if it is just a number that flashes on your screen, it could be from anyone – and most likely it’s an anonymous spammer. Truecaller, a mobile call management company, has just released Truemessenger, an app which the company claims will make texing smarter and more social. It’s a free download on Google Play. The purpose of Truemessenger is to put a name, and even a face, to every incoming number. Filter and block spam “It helps you filter and block spam by tapping into vibrant community of more than 150 million members who help protect one another from annoying intrusions,” the company said in a release. When you receive a text, the app, which is integrated with Truecaller’s network of 1.7 billion numbers worldwide, scans social networks and automatically assigns photos, nicknames, and other contact information to the incoming message. The app also allows you to set up your own spam rules, just like you can with email. SMS spam is either filtered out of your inbox or blocked altogether. You have […]
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