How does the Apple ID leak?

Absrtact: Recently a period of time, the spam advertisement began to invade IMessage, many users are overwhelmed by it. How does the Apple ID leak? Advertising agencies and agents to send iMessage spam ads to users, must first know the user's Apple I

Recently a period of time, spam ads began to invade the iMessage, many users thus unbearable.

How does the Apple ID leak?

To send iMessage spam ads to users, advertising agencies and agents must first know the user's Apple ID. In the name of advertisers, the IT times correspondent communicates with two companies operating IMessage advertising, and gets some of the ways they can get Apple IDs:

Xiamen giant: Early this year we developed an "apple push" to scan the number of Apple devices being used, and to get some account information about activating IMessage, including cell phone numbers. Through the GPS, we can also locate the user's region, implementation of the sub-region to send.

Beijing: We are supported by the U.S. terminal, through the server daily scan, the new opened Apple will be swept. Mobile phone number and mailbox will be swept.

Low cost, high arrival rate created by the garbage information rampant

Unlike the spam messages that need to be sent by a telecom carrier, IMessage ads that can be sent by a network are cheap and can be as low as 6 cents. A promotional company said IMessage non-jailbreak iPhone security software can intercept, the overall arrival rate of up to 90%.

How to avoid iMessage junk information

There is a precedent for spam and spam messages, and it is sooner or later that iMessage appear. The lack of convenient spam filtering and reporting function indirectly also provides a hotbed for the rampant iMessage of spam information. Apple does not directly provide iMessage spam filtering, but you can choose to display only the IMessage sent by the contact in Settings-notification-information. Or you can send emails directly to reportphishing@apple.com to report to Apple.