Everyone hates junk e-mail text , but only some Android users are report they ’re run across qui vive about a new junk e-mail protection lineament from Google in their Messages app .
According toAndroid Police , the update seems to be a limited rollout as it is n’t live on every single twist yet . Those who do have the feature report seeing a notice when launching the Messages app that foretell the young setting and reads , “ To avail protect against spam some data about your substance , but not any subject , is transmit to Google . ” The junk e-mail protection lineament can be manually toggled on or off via the forward-looking incision of the Android options menu , according to screenshots published by Android Police .
When the spam protection feature article is enabled , the data Google collects from that user does n’t include the message of their messages or their phone act , according to Google’ssupport site . That contrasts junk e-mail study manually sent by user to Google , which let in the full message beam by the spammer ( plus , a written matter may be post to mobile carriers as well ) . We ’ve reached out to Google for more entropy on its launching plans and for details on the datum its junk e-mail protection feature does pucker .
Of naturally , if you do n’t trust Google to keep its word , you could juststop regular texting altogetherand move to a third - party , encrypted messaging app .
[ Android law ]
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