Two days ago, I read an article about scammy text messages that request you reply to them. The very next day, I received the following:
Can you guess why this text wants me to reply “Y”? It’s because the “Filter Unknown Senders” option in Apple’s Messages app disables links by default. As a result, the link seen in the screenshot above is not tappable, and that makes it a lot less likely to be opened. But were I to reply, Messages would assume I had some trust in the sender, and make the link tappable.
