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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Might want to mask that phone number.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the bot's number. Fuck em.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I understand, but keep in mind it could be an innocent user whose phone is taken over by malware, better be safe than sorry.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you can update the picture on Lemmy? Didn’t even occur to me, because I’m so used to the bad practices of Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Y'all so wholesome

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or a spoofed number, it works with calls, I assume it also works with SMS?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

A spoofed number only works going out, but if you respond, it would go to the real person instead (the same if you call the spoofed number back, you’d get the real person and not the spammer). Since this bot is responding to their replies, it can’t be a spoofed number.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Nah, it’s a telephony number being used by spammers.