I occasionally get unintelligible text messages with links in them. Since my phone is just a plain flip phone, I can't click on links. And I once tried to manually copy the link onto my computer, and when I clicked it was "no such URL exists".
But if i turn off my phone and leave it off, if someone tries to reach me I won't know. If the local village text alerts tell me my street is going to be torn up for sewer repairs, or warn me of "coastal street flooding" during a storm - the car I used to have was destroyed by street flooding getting into the engine. I think this house no longer has a land line.
Maybe you can thwart the fake dialog by removing your phone's battery for a few seconds.
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Date: 2023-07-02 10:31 pm (UTC)But if i turn off my phone and leave it off, if someone tries to reach me I won't know. If the local village text alerts tell me my street is going to be torn up for sewer repairs, or warn me of "coastal street flooding" during a storm - the car I used to have was destroyed by street flooding getting into the engine. I think this house no longer has a land line.
Maybe you can thwart the fake dialog by removing your phone's battery for a few seconds.