You could in the past (until around 1-2 years ago). I don’t know why it changed, though.
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ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I really wish they could check phone numbers. I’ve been getting a TON of spam recently and it would be interesting to see where it’s coming from.
vollkorntomate@infosec.pub 3 days ago
remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
There has likely been an evolution of war dialers. It’s probably easier to blast through every possible number once a year, and sell a list of every valid number. Targeting specific area codes is probably faster and would avoid some legal problems.
DiagonalHorse@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Huh. You think read receipts via RCS could make it worse? Obviously Google would probably have to make an exception to allow for this but hey “
Don’t Be Evil”remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I have no idea, unfortunately. Tinkering with phones and ways to exploit messaging is something I haven’t done in a number of years.
My first guess would be yes? If you ever get a blank email with only the subject line of “Hi”, “Hello” or similar, it is simply a test to see if your email address is valid. It’s not a stretch to assume there are also simple ways to verify valid numbers that can also recieve text messages.