jmohme Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 My mother has an android phone and has been receiving texts that when she opens them contain explicit porn. I know nothing about android, and have never even heard of getting unsolicited porn in the form of text messages. I am not surprised it exists, I have just never see it and am looking for suggestions to give my mother on how to stop this. What I would really like is to find the source and kick somebody's perverted ass, but I know the point of origin is impossible to find. Does anyone here have any suggestions of what I can do to help her with this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Are they all coming from the same number? She should be able block the source by going to the upper right and opening the menu, there should be an option to block the number. Anyway that's the way my Galaxy works. Now it could be more complicated if the sender is real clever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 My LG has the ability to block numbers, but I have a free app "Blacklist Plus", that I prefer to do it over the included one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Not meaning to sound like too much of a jackass here, but why not just advise her not to read texts from numbers she don't recognize. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, Maser said: Not meaning to sound like too much of a jackass here, but why not just advise her not to read texts from numbers she don't recognize. Try telling a woman that. LOL................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX OMFS Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Sorry about that. I'll stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I wonder if it is like on computers where they send a virus through pics/videos. I haven't heard of this yet but most people I know don't even open texts from random numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Maser said: Not meaning to sound like too much of a jackass here, but why not just advise her not to read texts from numbers she don't recognize. You are not coming off like a jackass, It is a logical thing to do except for the fact that she is the secretary at her church and has to take calls from new member who's numbers she may not yet have I do need to get her to pay closer attention to the text previews before she clicks them. I assume Anroid previews enough a a text to see when it has a graphic or a link? I guess what I was hoping was that there was some magical app that looked for key words in a text and would flag them as junk. Janice6, does Blacklist do that by any chance. Edited January 22, 2020 by jmohme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish1309 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 With an Android you can block the number at least for phone calls. Not sure if it works for text messages. If by chance there is some sort of "homing virus" on the phone that allows to be a receiver, you might try wiping the phone and reload the OS. Be sure to back up any important data first. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 4 hours ago, jmohme said: You are not coming off like a jackass, It is a logical thing to do except for the fact that she is the secretary at her church and has to take calls from new member who's numbers she may not yet have I do need to get her to pay closer attention to the text previews before she clicks them. I assume Anroid previews enough a a text to see when it has a graphic or a link? I guess what I was hoping was that there was some magical app that looked for key words in a text and would flag them as junk. Janice6, does Blacklist do that by any chance. NO. But it is very good at simply blocking numbers. When I get a text message I do read it to make sure it isn't from some business I am dealing with. If I see it's SPAM, I block it. It may be possible to get viruses via text messages, but I believe it would have to be in a referred video. I have never gotten a virus from text messaging myself or my wife. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 20 minutes ago, Bish1309 said: With an Android you can block the number at least for phone calls. Not sure if it works for text messages. If by chance there is some sort of "homing virus" on the phone that allows to be a receiver, you might try wiping the phone and reload the OS. Be sure to back up any important data first. YMMV. If it comes to that, I will have to find someone out there to do it for her, or fly out for a visit and do it myself. Every day, it seems that I find another reason to hate smart phones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, jmohme said: If it comes to that, I will have to find someone out there to do it for her, or fly out for a visit and do it myself. Every day, it seems that I find another reason to hate smart phones. My wife is right here with me and she will answer and not hang up to any SPAM call on either the home phone or her cell phone. Some just don't believe people can be such A-holes as they are abusing the phone communications systems. My wife will use her tablet to go on Facebook, but then tell me she doesn't know how to use a computer. You are not alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 11:56 AM, janice6 said: My wife is right here with me and she will answer and not hang up to any SPAM call on either the home phone or her cell phone. Some just don't believe people can be such A-holes as they are abusing the phone communications systems. My wife will use her tablet to go on Facebook, but then tell me she doesn't know how to use a computer. You are not alone! Have the same problem here...................LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windowasher Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 How exciting or interesting is the porn? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 The other day I showed the wife a porn video of a woman getting a full body oil massage, and I told her that was what I wanted to do to her...…...………. She's reconsidering her views on porn. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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