Adrian Weckler: Is the scam text ‘whitelist’ only causing more confusion?

The new registry set up to verify that texts are coming from legitimate companies appears to be flawed, with real texts often labelled as scams

Some real texts have been labelled as ‘likely scam’ recently. Illustration: Getty

It often feels like building something useful in Ireland is difficult.

As you read this, Ireland is entering its third week of real, legitimate texts being labelled as ‘likely scam’. It has caused confusion and doubt among people who are usually told by authorities to delete anything suspicious looking.

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