The Apple Messages application in iOS 26 has two features to combat phishing spam:
1. Links disabled: URLs and telephone numbers in spam messages are not clickable, which reduces the risk of accidentally visiting malware or calling on scam numbers.
2. No answers: Users cannot respond to messages in the spam folder, limiting interaction with potential crooks. Although messages can be moved to the main reception box, this added step helps prevent accidental phishing commitments.
The application of new messages divides conversations into a few categories, accessible via the filter button at the top right: messages, unknown, spam selectors and recently deleted.
The “messages” view includes your regular conversations with contacts, as well as things such as verification codes and reservation confirmations. Meanwhile, “unknown shippers” and “spam” messages will not trigger notifications.
Users can manually activate or deactivate the filtering for “unknown shippers” and “spam”, each filter controlled separately from the “Manage filter” option in the upper right menu.
In the file of “unknown shippers”, users can choose to “mark as well known” all the conversations from contacts they know and trust. And while Apple notes that messages from unknown shippers can be automatically marked in spam, messages in the ‘spam’ folder can be given to the main messages, with the possibility of reporting the number to Apple as a spam.
MacDailyNews take: Locking messages in the ‘spam’ folder by deactivating links and prohibiting responses will greatly help protect warned users in technology!
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