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by Alec Muffett

New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’ | Irish Independent

Gosh, who would have expected that false positives exist in the world of online safety? Go read the article because the potential impact is horrifying:

Ireland’s new crackdown on scam texts is labelling real texts as fraudulent – leading to confusion over hospital appointments, digital verification codes and sports tickets.

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/new-anti-fraud-system-is-labelling-hospital-texts-and-other-legitimate-messages-as-likely-scam/a1857628310.html

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One response to “New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’ | Irish Independent”

  1. alecm

    Other large organisations, including VHI, the CAO, An Post, Amazon and Google, have also seen legitimate customer SMS messages in Ireland labelled as “likely scam”, despite also being registered on the verified senders list set up by ComReg. From October, such texts will be blocked entirely, leading to concern among medical patients and other service users about missed appointments.

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