People reveal VERY awkward wrong number text exchanges .

Now that’s awkward! People reveal their VERY cringeworthy wrong number text exchanges – including one who poured their heart out to an Uber driver People from across the US revealed texts they’ve sent to the wrong number  Posting on Amomedia, a mother sent her Google search to her teenager instead Another person mistook an Uber … Read more

Beware phishing text messages pretending to be NHS contact tracers

Contact-tracing service becomes latest vehicle for fraudsters as households receive fake ‘health service’ coronavirus texts with phishing links Fraudsters are targeting people by pretending to be the new tracing service It contains a phishing link designed to harvest people’s personal details Britons have been bombarded with thousands of phishing emails and texts  Here’s how to … Read more

Kate Middleton and Prince William video call volunteers from mental health text service Shout 

Glowing Kate Middleton sported a chic updo and a lockdown tan as she and Prince William video-called volunteers from the mental health text service Shout. The Duke, 37, and Duchess of Cambridge, 38, joined the call to mark the first anniversary of Shout, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text line, which they launched last year … Read more

WeChat monitors international users’ text messages to identify content to censor in China 

WeChat ‘monitors international users’ text messages to preemptively identify content to censor for its Chinese users’ The Citizens Lab studied how WeChat builds their database of blacklisted terms They found the company monitors international messages to preemptively identify potential images or content that should be banned in China The app creates a ‘hash’ code for … Read more