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Google Messages adds enhanced scam detection tools

Google Messages adds new safety features, including enhanced scam detection. There’s also a forthcoming tool to disable texts from unknown international senders.

The company says the update provides “improved analysis of scammy texts.” For now, this tool will prioritize scams involving package deliveries and job offers. The app uses on-device machine learning models to detect these scams, meaning that conversations will remain private. Finally, there’s a forthcoming tool that’ll let people turn off messages from unknown international senders, thus cutting the scam spigot off at the source.

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