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Local Restaurant Sends "Request For Recommendation" To Friend's Phone


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Posted

A friend got a message on his phone asking him to rate the restaurant he visited the previous night.

 

So how does that work? How can the restaurant know his (smart) phone number?

 

And how can it be stopped?

 

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Posted

And thanks to you, Kan Win! ????

 

So nobody knows the answers to my questions, or else it's so obvious that no one wants to say... like: turn your smart phone off before going into a restaurant or don't use their Wi-Fi? 

 

I visit the same restaurant and I'm sure I connected to their Wi-Fi too, but didn't get any spam messages like he did.

Maybe the MalwareBytes installed on my phone stopped it.

 

Any Android-phone-techy people want to comment?

 

Posted

It's always a "friend".

 

Need more detail, maybe you could talk to your "friend"?

 

How was this message delivered - via which app - messaging/SMS, LINE, Tinder, Christian Mingle?

 

 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Bluetooth and Wifi won't get your phone number.

 

Yes. And I doubt the ISOC loaned out their Stingray kit. That's reserved for dissidents.

 

But unclear if the message was an SMS, waiting on a "friend".

 

 

 

 

Posted
3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

It's always a "friend".

 

Need more detail, maybe you could talk to your "friend"?

 

How was this message delivered - via which app - messaging/SMS, LINE, Tinder, Christian Mingle?

 

 

What a pity you didn't post this earlier - I just saw him at the restaurant.

OK. I'll send him an email asking for more information about the message.

 

Posted (edited)
50 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Covid log in paper in most restaurants.  His wife logged him in.

Wow. She rose from the grave, did she? Have another guess.  ????  

 

Edit: On 2nd thoughts, don't bother.

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Posted
15 hours ago, digbeth said:

sms or email? or just a notification on the phone

could have been google, not the restaurant's doing

Unfortunately, he's not too phone-savvy. He replied that he was so p***** off at seeing it on his phone that he just swiped it off. Unless there's an easy way to determine what has been "swiped off", we'll never know - unless he gets another one.

 

We were at the same place last night, but no "Request for restaurant rating" messages.

 

I have MalwareBytes on my phone - I don't know whether that can stop/block this apparent tracking.

Posted
3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:
3 hours ago, JetsetBkk said:

we'll never know

Yeah, file this in the "Whatever" bin.

Don't you mean the "imaginary friend " bin?    roflmao.gif.e76be7284c1ad69803f5d9cf5d1311cb.gif

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