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Re: I got my first advert message via RCS

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On 2026-08-25 01:01, VanguardLH wrote:
> s|b <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Nuno Silva wrote:
>>
>>> s|b wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it is EU law that a link to unsubscribe must be provided and
>>   
>>> That sounds stupid given that the chief advice has been not to follow
>>> such links?
>>
>> Only if it's phishing. When it's a legit mail it's actually an easy way
>> to unsubscribe, usually with 1 or 2 mouseclicks.
> 
> And, if they tell you, it could take 3 days, 10 days, a month, or longer
> before they remove you from their mailing list, or never.  Meanwhile you
> keep getting their unwanted e-mails.
> 
> Unless you are expert at tracing the routing headers, like not getting
> fooled by fake Received headers the scammer adds (clients add headers,
> too), it may be difficult to prove legitimacy.
> 
> Oh, that's right, that's all to do with e-mails, including the opt-out
> links you mention.  Carlos brought up RCS messaging where you don't get
> any headers to check, so you don't know where they came from.  Lots of
> business, even huge ones, don't pay to show text as their CallerID, so
> all you see is some phone number that is worthless for even hinting at
> identity even from non-scam sources.

I just looked. You can select an RCS message, and click view details, 
but they are not much. Sent and arrival timestamp, and type (RCS).

Without selecting anyone, the three dot menu has "unsubscribe", which 
promises to send a message to the sender to request unsubscription. You 
can also block and mark as spam. This unsubscribe function does not 
exist for SMS messages, so one more reason to enable RCS.

If I tap at the top, the sender name, it gives info about the sender, 
including again the unsubscribe function.

At the bottom it says that it is an RCS chat for business, not encrypted.

I believe there is a certificate involved somewhere.


All that I see are good things about RCS messages.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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          Re: I got my first advert message via RCS "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-25 21:14 +0200

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