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ShazzieB

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10. Agreed, about the proliferation of text spam on my cellphone.

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 07:31 AM

Jan 2022

I get a lot of texts saying that they're trying to deliver a package to me, with a link to click that always looks like the alphabet threw up on it. I figure the link goes to a site that wants to install malware on my device, so I never click.

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