iMessage spam is still rampant | Multi-sectoral regulatory force is yet to be formed

Recently, Apple's iMessage spam has been widely concerned. The Beijing News reported last week that Apple users often receive iMessage spam messages containing casinos, betting ads, invoicing ads, loans and more.

Apple issued a statement on August 3, saying that it is exploring more ways to further reduce spam. The latest news is that Apple is in contact with domestic telecom companies and explore other ways to mitigate the problems caused by spam. .

On August 6th, the Beijing News reporter learned that the iMessage 'Casino' advertisement entice users to download the gambling app. Some users have reported that this gambling software is actually a lie. Sending iMessage information first requires obtaining the user ID. The reporter found that There is a scanner in the market, the price is only 1200 yuan, the software can scan more than 10,000 real Apple IDs in one hour.

For the governance of iMessage information, there is still some debate. The reporter learned that iMessage is an instant messaging software launched by Apple, which is different from SMS/MMS service of operators. Therefore, iMessage spam belongs to the problem of Internet network spam, instead of Spam SMS. Currently, there are certain gaps in relevant laws and regulations.

Behind the 'casino' ad is a gambling app

Many Apple mobile phone users reported that the most recent iMessage spam received was related to gambling, casinos, etc. Some users said that there is an iMessage spam display, 'Download to send 88 cash, clubhouse tender, villa by the sea, join the agent instantly With '. The words 'Li Ying International · Months Make Million' appear in the message, click on the message, then jump to the 'Entertainment Navigation - New, More Efficient, More Accurate, More Practical' APP download link on the App Store. This The app is described as 'Navigation for your life, providing you with more efficient, accurate and practical entertainment navigation', the developer is Shawn Trotter.

In the comment area of ​​the app, some users call it a gambling software that is deceptive. If it is profitable, it will not refund the money for various reasons. The platform will also deduct the account funds. 'Typical players lose money and he accepts it. The player wins money. I want to get the most junk entertainment city'; another user said, 'The software is suspected of online gambling, and the official is directly deleted'.

The reporter downloaded and opened the app. There are 'lottery games' in the homepage, 'QQ points color', 'Hong Kong horse racing' and other gambling-related sectors. The top of the page scrolls to advertise the franchise agent, one of which is 'Do not earn millions at home. Dream', after clicking, is the introduction of the agent mode: 'After the user registration is successful, the self-entertainment bet can also earn the offline members to return to the commission, and the entertainment makes money.

Another iMessage spam has the word 'Macau Venetian Casino'. After clicking, it is an app download link called 'Best Football & Single Players'. The developer of the app is Frederic Chau, the category is the game. In the comments section, users commented on 'Beware of deception', 'Black color plus fraud'.

Download into the app, and jump out of the registration page of 'Macau Venetian Online Real Money Gambling'. The home page contains 'real people video' 'electronic entertainment' 'lottery game' and other sections.

In addition, 'a confession of A goods' is also the spam content that Apple users often receive. After the reporter added the micro-signal left in the information, the other party said that iMessage spam was sent by the company owner and the advertising company. He did not understand the specific situation. Some people in the industry who are engaged in the A-goods business said that they would not use iMessage to promote it, because it was more strict. If iMessage is used, the targeted customers are not clear, and the spread of the network is of little significance.

Scanner scans more than 10,000 Apple IDs in one hour

Send iMessage spam first to get the user ID, who is selling Apple account?

On August 6th, the reporter got in touch with a person who sold the Apple ID scanner. The other party said that two scanners are being sold, one for scanning the Apple ID and one for detecting the mobile phone number. The price is 1200 yuan and 2000 yuan respectively. The other party said that their software can scan more than 10,000 IDs in one hour. The reporter asked if the ID scanned by the other party can directly send a text message. The other party said that the scanned ones are real IDs. Direct group texting.

The iMessage push-selling software mobile phone staff said that if you send a message to the QQ mailbox address group, the software can automatically detect which email addresses have been registered with the Apple ID. This software uses the mobile phone to operate the group to send iMessage push-mail number without daily limit, but the mobile phone sends Not as many as 10,000 a day, the speed is slow, only a few thousand can be sent in a day, and the fast software needs tens of thousands of yuan.

A software salesperson who crawls webpage information says that as long as the content displayed on the webpage can be crawled, if the email address is displayed on the webpage, it can be directly crawled.

In addition to the sweeper, there are also people selling Apple ID directly on the Internet. A person who sells the Apple ID number on QQ said that the success rate of the ID number in the ID number is 8 Mao, 20 to 50% of the 1.1 yuan, 7-8 Into 2.5 yuan, more than 90% of the 6 yuan. The reporter asked how to judge the success rate, the other party said, sent to the user's mobile phone even if, good ID sent a lot of push letters, the difference is naturally less. The other party also said about the ID The evaluation of good or bad is a trade secret.

Who is using the Apple ID group to send spam?

The Beijing News reporter used the keyword 'iMessage Group' to search on the search engine and found that there are many platforms that provide related services. They set different price ranges according to the number of push letters, and the charging standards are different.

The reporter asked about the quotation of the two platforms. One of the quotations sent by the company showed: The price of 10,000 pieces was 0.18 yuan/piece, 20,000 pieces were 0.16 yuan/piece, 50,000 pieces were 0.14 yuan/piece, and more than 50,000 pieces. The price needs to be discussed in detail. The platform also provides data screening services at a price of 300 yuan per 10,000 yuan, for example, only for female users. Another platform offers 0.08 yuan / article, 100,000 or more 0.07 yuan / article.

Both platforms indicate that they can send anything, including gambling, invoicing and other sensitive content.

Apple: Exploring more ways to reduce spam

Beijing citizen Wang Yuxi (pseudonym) told reporters that whenever she receives iMessage spam, she chooses to report it directly. However, she said that this does not have much effect, or will receive other spam.

The Beijing News reporter also found that reporting spam does not solve the problem at all. Although many iMessage spam messages block the sending of information numbers, the criminals will change the number to continue to send, even the content remains unchanged.

It is understood that one can receive iMessage information is the mobile phone number, one is the mailbox, in theory, as long as the other party has mastered these mobile phone numbers or mailbox ID, you can send spam.

Some netizens provide the Raiders, remove the email address, use only the mobile phone number as the iMessage contact method, there will be no spam. But the reporter actually measured, after deleting the email address, you can still receive iMessage spam through the mobile phone number; It is recommended to close iMessage directly. However, in this way, Apple users can not receive and send iMessage information.

Is there a higher-level means of governance? For example, keyword blocking, etc. However, according to Apple's previous announcement, iMessage is an end-to-end encryption method. Apple's principle is not to monitor or decide which information is spam.

Last week, Apple issued a statement on iMessage spam saying it is exploring more ways to further reduce spam, including adopting more advanced machine learning models to identify spam, and introducing more tools to block malicious sender accounts. .

Apple users can block unwanted senders by filtering unwanted contacts or phone numbers, and report iMessage messages that are suspected of spam. In iOS 11, Apple launched a third-party app to discover potential spam messages. And move them to a dedicated folder.

'governance'

There is a certain lack of relevant laws and regulations

Although iMessage's front-end interface is 'fabricated' into a text message, it is essentially an instant messaging software launched by Apple, which is different from the SMS/MMS service of operators.

According to a person close to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Beijing News reporter said that the supervision of spam messages and network information is not only the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Public Security, the Office of the Ministry of Information and other departments will also jointly manage. iMessage can not be called spam, but belongs to the Internet Spam.

Another source close to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that all spam and harassing calls can be divided into four links – strong business demand, leakage of accurate information from users, online marketing disruption, offline transactions, through these four The link formed a closed loop.

The above sources believe that the governance of iMessage spam should strengthen the source of governance, and strengthen the management of the business. At present, the relevant laws and regulations are missing, the restrictive clause only emphasizes that the advertising information may not be sent without the user's consent, but there is no explanation, relevant After the organization and individual violate the regulations, what kind of punishment will be faced. In addition, in the process of governance, the synergy of multi-sectoral joint management has yet to be further formed.

Some people familiar with the matter said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has formed a relatively mature mechanism for dealing with harassing calls and spam messages. The technical implementation of iMessage and spam messages is different. The management objects, methods and mechanisms are different. iMessage belongs to recent years. For the newly discovered problems, the relevant departments are studying the specific measures for the next step.

'View'

The platform needs to take measures to block spam

Zhao Zhan, deputy director of Beijing Zhilin Law Firm, told reporters that according to the Telecommunications Regulations and Internet Information Service Management Measures, the main body of Internet spam management is the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Communications Administration.

Liang Zhengda, a lawyer of Ningxia Chengtuo Law Firm, also said that the competent department of Internet spam management is the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the local communications authority is the local authority. They have the right to manage the Internet business enterprises, publishing information on the Internet and other enterprises. If it involves information such as obscenity, insult, intimidation, etc., the public security organ shall investigate the relevant responsibilities of the information publisher in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Security Punishment and the Criminal Law. The financial industry is under the supervision of the China Banking Regulatory Commission. Other categories are based on the Consumer Protection Law, the Advertising Law, the Product Quality Law, etc., and are supervised by the Market Supervision Administration.

Liang Zhengda said that for iMessage spam flooding, Internet platform operators, service providers should bear the responsibility of two aspects, first whether it knows that the release of spam; Secondly, whether the platform enters the enterprise, whether the individual or information is in accordance with laws and regulations. The requirements were strictly and cautiously reviewed, and there was no intentional violation of the law or deliberately making spam available for profit. 'From the current situation, it is still a technical issue, if Apple does not have mature technology and does not intentionally indulge garbage. Information, bear legal responsibility is little or no commitment, but Apple needs to use technical means to block spam as soon as possible.'

Liang Zhengda told reporters that the main body that sends spam must bear the corresponding responsibility. In this regard, the law also has corresponding regulations, mainly depending on whether the law enforcement part of the evidence collection investigation is in place. If the release of pure garbage information, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology requires the platform to strengthen supervision, from technology Put an end to spam. If the subject of the push information is in the territory, the market supervision authority will impose penalties and management on these enterprises and individuals.

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