
Singapore’s police have directed Apple to act against phishing and scam iMessage texts that impersonate the government. Here are the details.
iMessage texts ‘not easily distinguishable’ from SMS, per local police
In Singapore, government and other local agencies must register with a national SMS registry so that only verified senders can use the “gov.sg” label.
However, that system doesn’t yet extend to iMessage or Google Messages. This is why, as reported by…

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