Spam

Oh god: Someone at Substack accidentally sent out an email blast exposing the email addresses of numerous users.

While no one likes being jerked around on the phone, the amount of spam and robocalls we’re forced to endure is only…

Mozilla is currently testing a feature that can generate an email alias with just a single click to help protect…

Facebook’s automated moderation tools went wild and targeted tons of posts about the coronavirus pandemic and other…

Apple’s iOS 13 release is crammed with features we’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on for months—I’m…

As automated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems fueled a national robocall epidemic estimated at tens of…

Robocalls are annoying as hell, and thanks to new techniques like caller ID spoofing that makes phone spam appear…

We’re already living in a national robocall nightmare, but at least most of the time, for most of us, dealing with…

It’s no secret that the Federal Communications Commission is fed up with robocalls—them, and everyone else with a …

A popular extension has disappeared from Google’s Chrome Web Store days after it suddenly started spamming users…

If you don’t pick up the phone anymore because each time it seems to be one of those annoying robocallers, you’re…

Everyone hates spam texts, but only some Android users are reporting they’re seeing alerts about a new spam…

Twitter has rolled out another feature intended to cut down on spam and misinformation efforts—adding suspected…

Last month, Gizmodo uncovered a disturbing scheme where Twitter spammers were apparently impersonating more than a…

I’m not talking about when your mom calls. If your mom calls, you should answer the phone, and actually, you should…

Employees at a National Weather Service center in Maryland were randomly interrupted by a “message in Chinese”…

Apparently sick of being criticized by everyone from US Congress to Seth Rogan for not doing enough to purge its…

Facebook says it’s “working to” reduce the number of annoying notifications it sends you when you add new friends.…

Getting rid of spam is a never ending game of cat and mouse. Just as soon as email hosts figure out how to thwart…

The notorious Florida Man is at it again, this time allegedly placing nearly 100 million robocalls offering fake…