A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>If you’re an iPhone user, read on (and likely there’s an android variant of this out there some where, too):</p><p>“Apple's Messages app has a built-in safeguard to prevent links or phone numbers in unsolicited messages on iPhones from being clickable, and now scammers are trying to trick the unwary into enabling them.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleMessages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleMessages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TextScams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TextScams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicServiceAnnouncment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServiceAnnouncment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/12/psa-text-scammers-resorting-to-new-tactics-to-get-you-to-enable-phishing-links" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">appleinsider.com/articles/25/0</span><span class="invisible">1/12/psa-text-scammers-resorting-to-new-tactics-to-get-you-to-enable-phishing-links</span></a></p>