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Wait, Android lets the link be clickable? Wow that’s bad.
Why wouldn't links in messages be clickable? (This is a scam and you obviously shouldn't actually click it, but still)
Anything not in your contact list has no business sending clickable links pretty much. That’s why scammers started asking the scammees to reply to the message and reopen them, because it cut off a significant portion of people falling for scams.
That's a legitimate security benefit, fair enough.
I do get actual businesses sending me SMS notifications with links, and they aren't in my contacts either, but it's a valid decision for Apple to have made in terms of weighing off reducing scams vs creating inconvenience when genuine messages aren't clickable.
On a personal level I'm happy for everything to be clickable on my phone, because I trust myself to be cautious about scams and think carefully about the legitimacy of a message before I click anything.
I think actual business links show up clickable. I’m guessing those businesses either are on my mobile providers not spam list or maybe Apple has their own list of trusted numbers. Not sure.
Is this not true on iPhone? I'm pretty sure it is because my wife got basically this exact text a few months ago, which timed perfectly with us paying off some violations because we didn't realize it didn't get refilled. Perfect storm for her to believe it... Anyway, she got it and clicked it fine. Thankfully, it goes to a site that wanted you to put in more info, and at that point, she asked me, and I stopped her. Then I pointed out all the reasons it was fake, lol.
No, at least not in the past few iOS versions. Links show up like this which is why scammers say to reply then reopen it, because it will show as a link then.
That's an interesting but subtle little security feature. Honestly, well done Apple.
Considering how many (aldult non-technical) us-users there are...Probably needed as well.
But it's certainly appreciated for every person!
Oh no! They're gonna suspend your vehicle bro.
Yeah so sad. I’m just waiting for it to happen since I can’t click on the link. So sad.